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    'Walking the line'

    In the coming weeks thousands upon thousands of these birds will arrive in our country having succeeded in the hazardous journey from Africa.

    Just imagine if this individual in the photograph was the one raised somewhere around your home last summer, he/she will not only have flown back to winter in Africa on two flimsy but powerful/strong wings, but will also have returned not only to its country of birth but to your home probably to breed itself......in human terms mind blowing and incomprehensible.

    Perhaps someone can tell me why the 'Swallow' image is missing from the thread title.

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    The image not appearing is as I explained on an earlier occasion Pete, for the image to display in the thread title, it needs to have the extension jpg, the plugin doesn't accept jpeg as an extension. I will see whether it can be added, but if not, all you need to do is edit the file extension to jpg.

    I agree with you about the Swallows, an amazing feat, which they achieve every year.
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    Rolf you've done it again. With thanks and apologies for my being a little stupid on occasions.

    Pete.

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    Lol. Your not the only one Pete.
    Nice image

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    we have swallows that breed in our street every year. we moved into our present house in 1986 and a pair of swallows nested in our next door neighbours shed/workshop. there was a small vent window just under the roof of the large shed, that was always left ajar. the swallows used this to get in and nest. the neighbour then rented the house out and the window was left closed. the swallows could'nt get in so moved to a house further down the road on the opposite side of the road. this was under a small covered passageway between two houses. the residents use this to dry washing in bad weather. as the swallows kept messing on the washing they got shooed away. they then moved to another passageway, only again to be moved on. for the past four or five years the have nested in our next door but one neighbours front door porchway ( the other side up from us). our friends have put up a wooden ledge on which they build a nest.
    the amazing thing is the timing by which they arrive in our street.
    they arrive every year within a 6 day timeslot. since i kept a record of their arrival (from 1996 onwards) the earliest they have arrived is the 18th of april and the latest is the 24th of april. allowing for weather and other things they might have to encounter this is mindblowing. i dont know if they are the same adults, or if they are the young that return or if they are the same birds at all. all i know is that i love to see them arrive..... even if they sometimes twitter incessantly outside my bedroom window, on our telephone wire. i'll try and get some pics this year to share with you.

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