Posted in General on Aug 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
I think the swallows are getting ready to migrate. They are gathering on the wires near the house.
Yet, there are not as many this year. For the last two years the numbers of swallows seem to have been fewer than in previous years.
It’s hard to count swallows! But the air and sky seem emptier this [...]
Posted in General on Apr 7th, 2008 No Comments »
The sight of the swallow is a sign of Spring.
It makes me feel cheerful when I see the returning swallows.
The connection between us and the swallow has been going on for years. Swallows are connected to their old nest sites and to the same buildings year after year.
It only seems a short while since I wrote [...]
Posted in News on Jan 15th, 2008 No Comments »
The comings and goings of the swifts and swallows near our house has always fascinated me and it seems it has fascinated other bird watchers over the years.
About the 12th Century in Germany a Prior in a Monastery fixed a parchment to a swallow’s leg asking -
‘Swallow where do you live in winter’
The following spring [...]
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 Diary on Oct 1st, 2007 No Comments »
I was up before dawn this morning and so I was outside before all the birds started singing. It was so silent. It is a peaceful time. The stars were still out in the sky and the moon was still shining down on us all. The only sounds were an aereoplane flying overhead and the herd [...]
Posted in News on Sep 24th, 2007 No Comments »
This is an incredible story of a whimbrel bird who has been named Wallace. A small solar powered satellite tag has been attached
