House Martins

[snake]

There is a pile of sludge at the edge of the track waiting to be spread on the fields.
With the cold and miserable weather we have had over the last few days there has been a number of Swallows sitting on it taking advantage of the heat generated and keeping nice and warm.
This morning I was delighted to see about thirty House Martins sitting with them, first ones this year.

Another first was four Swifts hunting over the creek. These guys must be feeling the cold and be wishing they stayed in Africa.

[thebeard]

haha thats good resourceful behaviour. i was thinking this the other day, its been v cold and windy the past couple of days, must be hindering the latecomers, as its northwind

[Stinky Bob]

Lovelyt shots Snake, I saw a couple of HM land on the lane yesterday and this is the first time I have seen this behaviour, I then spent a fruitless 30 minutes trying to photograph them in flight