House Martin Extension

Well it has been a strange year for our hirundines (swallows and martins), the cold weather in May on the continent and in the UK held up a lot of birds from arriving at their breeding grounds. In 2019 we had over 30 nests on our Farmhouse Tower whereas there is only one this year however some of them have decided to move house with 4 nests currently on the Peter Scott Observatory. One of which can be seen on the photo, they appear to have built a 'balcony' on to the nest with one of the chicks waiting their to be fed! The swallows also seem to have had a slow start but most of our hides now have at least one nest in them and the chicks are starting to hatch. Lets hope the weather will continue to be kind on them for the rest of this season and a better spring awaits them next year.

Photo credit: Lorraine Hall

Birds Mammals Butterflies Damselflies & Dragonflies
Mute Swan Hare Peacock Large Red
Greylag geese Roe Deer Red Admiral Blue-tailed
Canada Geese Weasel Meadow Brown Azure
Shelduck Stoat Ringlet Common Blue
Mallard Fox Green-veined White Four-spotted Chaser
Gadwall Large White
Shoveler Orange-tip
Teal Large Skipper
Pheasant Small Tortoiseshell
Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Moorhen
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Common Sandpiper
Redshank
Black-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Snipe
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black Backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark
Sand Martin
House Martin
Barn Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Wren
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Treecreeper
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed Bunting
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