More Spey Bay house martins and swallows....
You can make out the insect about to be taken...
Mike
Flickr Peak Rambler
In reply to Mike B:
Michael B said:
To be honest I think they are all Sand Martins.
In reply to Bobs_Retired:
Bobs_Retired said:
I did wonder if the third one may have been a swallow, but I feel you're right and I just got a little carried away, and appreciate the correction.
Im exited about getting a photo of a Barn Swallow I was expecting to take a photo of them flying but even better I got one perched at the Barn in Eastington under Coaly Peak. Not only that I got to film it calling while perched in there. It’s also cooll cause I got to take a photo of it in its natural habitat which like the name suggests Barns. I have transferred the photos and videos to my laptop and used one of my CD R disks to put the photos and video onto DVD so I have a DVD of the Barn Swallow now. And I have put it in my David Attenborough DVD case to keep it safe
In reply to Zo Clark:
Zo Clark said:Im exited about getting a photo of a Barn Swallow I was expecting to take a photo of them flying but even better I got one perched at the Barn in Eastington under Coaly Peak. Not only that I got to film it calling while perched in there. It’s also cooll cause I got to take a photo of it in its natural habitat which like the name suggests Barns. I have transferred the photos and videos to my laptop and used one of my CD R disks to put the photos and video onto DVD so I have a DVD of the Barn Swallow now. And I have put it in my David Attenborough DVD case to keep it safe
I share the excitement, I too get excited even at my old age with seeing them, and getting photos.
I'll be making a visit to a local Nat Trust soon, their swallows should be back in residence, and the nests are literally above peoples heads in the gateway, and so many folk walk under with no realisation what is going on literally just above their heads!
You can see last years photos on my Flickr pages, on the following link, towards the bottom half of the first page and on to the second page.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157719377477540
In reply to ItisaRobbo:
ItisaRobbo said:I currently have the sum total of one incubating house martin. Neighbour has none. Sparrow interference again.
As fully expected, a house sparrow has successfully eliminated the incubating martin nest, so back down to zero martin nests both here and next door.
Lot to learn
In reply to gaynorsl:
gaynorsl said:So sorry to hear that again the nests have failed due to the Sparrow attacks. Things can't be going all the Sparrows' way though as I am down drastically in numbers, maybe 30 or at most 40 out of 100 eight years ago. So swings and roundabouts, there could always be an upturn on the way for the House Martins.
True, though many of the sparrow declines areas have been urban where martins are, at best, already spread thinly. The booming sparrow populations in this part of the World are in villages and semi rural areas where martins have been clinging on up til now. The martins here have clung on as their last brood is outside the sparrow breeding window. Been lucky with decent weather last couple of Summers. One bad late breeding season could well be the final nail.