[pegasus]

The Swallow without doubt.It cheers me up when[if] it arrives, as it heralds summer, but saddens me when it goes as you know winter is round the corner]--Sleek and superb in filght, and there is nothing better in summer than to see swallows[and house martins for that matter] swooping through street or fields. If there is such a thing as reincarnation i would choose to come back as a Swallow.Simply because i like the idea of sodding off to South Africa as winter approaches.[via France and morocco]. Though not so keen on taking my chances crossiing the Sahara