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Old 01-04-2008, 06:43 PM
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Two swallows over the house this evening .
Anyone else seen them yet ???

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Old 01-04-2008, 06:52 PM
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Old 01-04-2008, 07:03 PM
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No not yet but saw a butterfly !!!
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Swallows (gulp ) already ? Where abouts r u ?

We've had plovers, then curlews, then sand pipers... Loads of gay pheasants

No swallows yet
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Sand Martins here in Devon.
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No swallows, seen a brimstone butterfly though!
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My garage (barn) swallows are back - hope they dont fly into the new verandah glass...have found a dead robin and balckbird which i suspect just flew into the glass....
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My garage (barn) swallows are back - hope they dont fly into the new verandah glass...have found a dead robin and balckbird which i suspect just flew into the glass....
Have you tried some of the stick-on hawk silhouettes?
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First Swallow arrived about 10 mins ago. Think it might be one of the ones who nested in the Cow Shed as it was showing interest in the doors!!!
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One Swallow this morning!!!! it's on its way....spring! I hope :-)
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Old 14-04-2008, 05:33 PM
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Two swallows over the house this evening .
Anyone else seen them yet ???

Minty
Must be summer in Derby then! (2 swallows)
But not in Oxfordshire (1 swallow doesn't make a summer!)
No swallows round here yet but O.H. did think he saw one of our bats last night.
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there was a bat out this evening really early ...flying around with the birds....
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Old 22-04-2008, 05:22 PM
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Two swallows in Devon on Thursday."Summer's here" I said to my grandson only for it to pour with freezing rain until today,when I have a strong feeling that winter is gone!!
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Saw 6 or 7 over the allotment (we are next to a large stream) first time last week.
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No swallows in "sunny" Kent but there were loads of butterflies out on Sunday ( I think they got drowned today)
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