Most visitors left the neighbourhood well before the end of September. But a family is still here 07.10.10 in a nest on the wall under the eaves of a house opposite. I wonder if they will find their way...to wherever?
I hope this is of interest.
Hi Semitone,
As long as the parents stay around until the chicks have fledged and are feeding themselves, the whole family should be fine to migrate. The risk with very late nests is that the adults will set off on migration before the chicks are able to fend for themselves.
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There have been a few posts about this, i'm guessing that means that there are quite a few house martins with late broods. I linked some information on one of the other threads that might be of interest, have a look via the link below.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/forums/p/23962/179217.aspx#179217
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