Baddesley Clinton, a moated medieval house, swallows in the gatehouse, and right on cue, an occupied swallows nest. Not the one in previous years, and I felt this nesting pair were probably first timers, but that is only a wild guess.
The area where the nests are...
The team at Baddesley say the swallows have only been there around a week or so, and quite late in arriving this year.
Settling down and awaiting the next catch to arrive
The doting partner arrives complete with insect
Once happy all is safe, flies up to the nest
Fed and settled, until the next food supply comes in
Mike
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A few local Swifts
After a hectic, and worrying couple of days, it was good just to have an idle day in the garden, one of the very few sunny occasions we seem to get around here, and watch the day go by, especially those swifts, darting around at Warp Factor 100!
In reply to PimperneBloke:
They are just brilliant PB.
Some more swift photos from yesterday afternoon in the garden.
In reply to Mike B:
The House Martins of Charlecote House
Some were building nests
More house martin piccies,
And swallows as well, not something I've seen at Charlecote before, though I'm sure its nothing new
Last but not least, a house martin nest in the gatehouse archway