Yesterday the sky above our house was full of swallows, all diving and feeding. Skimming across the fields at about a foot off the ground, very impressive. I'm told they use St Catherine's Point on the southern point of the island as a navigation mark on their flight across the Channel to Cherbourg. Today they are gone.
MW
Swallow day
Moderators: KG Steve, Chantal, Tigger, peter
-
Westi
- KG Regular
- Posts: 6181
- Joined: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:46 pm
- Location: Christchurch, Dorset
- Has thanked: 1106 times
- Been thanked: 423 times
Loads over the channel from you today MW but were heading your way! Sadly I was the only one that downed tools to watch the spectacle - either side just glanced up to see what I was looking at & continued on!
Westi
Westi
Westi
-
glallotments
- KG Regular
- Posts: 2167
- Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:27 pm
- Location: West Yorkshire
- Contact:
My friend in South Africa says that the swallows are arriving there.
visit my website http://ossettweather.com/glallotments.co.uk/index.html
blog http://glallotments.blogspot.com
and school gardening website http://theschoolvegetablepatch.co.uk/index.html
Weather blog http://ossettweather.blogspot.com/
blog http://glallotments.blogspot.com
and school gardening website http://theschoolvegetablepatch.co.uk/index.html
Weather blog http://ossettweather.blogspot.com/
We had lots of swalloes congregating over the village nature reserve last week and yesterday, about ten kept swooping down and then leaving together - to go south?
Yesterday a skein of about 50 geese flew eastwards across the allotment, too high to be identified, but possibly pink-footed.
Yes, it's getting 'backendish' and birds are on the move. Won't be long now for fieldfares and redwings ......
Yesterday a skein of about 50 geese flew eastwards across the allotment, too high to be identified, but possibly pink-footed.
Yes, it's getting 'backendish' and birds are on the move. Won't be long now for fieldfares and redwings ......