Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on May 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
The swallows who arrive back at this precise spot in Yorkshire every year have flown from South Africa.
There are just so few swallows this year. Only one or two flitting about. I know they can arrive in June, but there should be more here now.
I’m really pleased I keep this diary because I wouldn’t have [...]
Posted in General on Jan 17th, 2008 2 Comments »
Bird feeding is a solitary hobby,
Writing a blog about birds is a solitary hobby
For those two reasons it’s really brilliant that my pal Sara from Farming Friends has thought of me and given me this True Blue Award.
I’m really pleased that my blogging pal has given me this award. I don’t think I deserve it because [...]
Posted in Fact Sheets for Individual Bird Species on Oct 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
I’ve been finding out some interesting information about swallows
and here are some facts I’ve found out:
Posted in General on Oct 18th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s believed swallows originated in Africa. They are on their flight back there as I write this. In the 1700’s a naturalist called Gilbert White was very puzzled at the swallow’s sudden disappearance and he really believed that
