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frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Tue May 01, 18 8:22 am Post subject:
Give them a chance - the weather had been a bit grim (she says being optimistic) I'm hoping for swallows soon

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8961
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue May 01, 18 9:16 am Post subject:
charging around here...not sure if martins or swallows, they didn't stop to be checked!

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue May 01, 18 12:52 pm Post subject:
Spotted a couple here.

lowri

Joined: 18 Oct 2006
Posts: 1322
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Tue May 08, 18 8:44 pm Post subject:
Still no swallows, chiffchaffs or redstarts - but pairs of kites, buzzards and ravens bombing round every morning. Next door (1/4 mile away,) have 2 swallows. I still live in hopes!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Wed May 09, 18 5:37 am Post subject:
I hope yours return soon Lowri. Things are so late this year they might just have decided to stop off somewhere warmer on the way for a short holiday.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed May 09, 18 2:54 pm Post subject:
Definitely some around now. They need to buckle down and get on with it if their chicks are going to have a chance.

buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Wed May 09, 18 7:01 pm Post subject:
They'll be OK. Swallows have no problem raising two broods in one summer. At least they didn't use to when I lived in a house with Swallows. Henry

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed May 09, 18 7:25 pm Post subject:
First lot would be fledging by now here in a good year.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu May 10, 18 9:19 am Post subject:
Saw some here last weekend.

lowri

Joined: 18 Oct 2006
Posts: 1322
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Thu May 10, 18 6:16 pm Post subject:
Opened the door to let the dog out at 7 30 am and a pair of siskins were as surprised as I was! They were aiming for the peanuts. I think they are only the third pair I've seen here in 10 years! Are they that rare, or just well camouflaged?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Fri May 11, 18 5:48 am Post subject:
Saw some swallows or swifts yesterday, but I couldn't tell which at the distance they were.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9887
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Fri May 11, 18 9:01 am Post subject:
I thought the swallows were late this year - then I checked out the date I first saw them last year and it turns out they are a few days earlier this year. I wonder if that early hot spell just made me think things were further on than they really are

lowri

Joined: 18 Oct 2006
Posts: 1322
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sat May 12, 18 10:59 am Post subject:
They've got here! Or at least made a pit stop at 9 pm last night! A pair! But I haven't seen them so far today. It's a start! Now for the cuckoo!

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun May 13, 18 12:17 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Saw some swallows or swifts yesterday, but I couldn't tell which at the distance they were.

You’ve no real hope of seeing the difference on the wing (ie colours and so on) They do move differently, Swifts are much stiffer in the wings, and also generally fly very high. The best way to tell is to listen. Swallows chat, Swifts scream (and Housemartins blow raspberries)

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Mon May 14, 18 6:57 am Post subject:
They were quite low so probably swallows.

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