[Penninehillbilly]

Our swallows often have later brood, bit worried for them, but they seem to manage ok, main thing here is lack of insect later on, September can be chilly.
I'm thinking house Martin will be about the same?

[Fleecewife]

I think you're right.  They apparently have 2 to 3 broods a year, just like swallows, so perhaps mine will have a successful brood this year, so long as they finish the new nest pronto.
We are squabbling about how best to protect the nest from woodpeckers and possibly rats.

[Rupert the bear]

Well all our swallows have departed, gone its all quiet. two weeks earlier than last year, it seems to get sooner every year.
But the pair of cranes that nested and brought up two offspring down on the edge of the hay field by the burn, have been active in the mornings picking away at the aftermath, its quite striking to see the adults standing next to a 4ft round bale they are as tall as the bale. Its like Jurassic park when they fly about and call out, looking like wee  pterosaurs. Its a great sight looking out from my bed a six in the morning !