Would house martins be nest building right about now? I know they're double brooded but that's all I do know.
I was pegging the washing out to dry just a moment ago and heard a wonderful birdcall (which I
had heard first thing this morning .. it was so sweet I got up to have a look for the bird but saw nothing) then as I looked up, I was skimmed quite literally by a black bird with pure white underbelly and forked tail. It headed for the eaves of our neighbours house. Looking up, they were
everywhere and many of them headed for the eaves of the houses. I looked along the houses of which we're the centre to see much evidence of nest building .. in fact out of the four available spots here, three are taken by pairs of birds (typically ours is the one without
) I was lucky enough to glimpse three pairs clinging to the tiles and small patches of mud they were arranging.
So .. would these indeed be house martins?
