The Swallows Nest
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Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
Congratulations @User9609 ....Not counting the chickens...
I'm looking forward to the pics of the chicks
You've got chickens?
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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- Over the Hill
No. 
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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
I keep trying to persude my Dad to put a web cam in one of his nesting boxes that are used every year.
Its a great idea for next year.
Its a great idea for next year.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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- Over the Hill
Or the year after
doughnut
Veteran
Sorry, should have put a link in. Rule 12 in the Velominati (http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/ ) sayshttp://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#12
The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where s is the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.
Maybe there is a Swallominati somewhere that the birds are following
The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where s is the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.
Maybe there is a Swallominati somewhere that the birds are following
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
@Hill Wimp ,@User9609 - I just saw this for Sunday - https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbu...uk_product_newsletter&pk_kwd=2015-06-19_15-41
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
Glad to have been wrong about the aluminium ladder sucking the heat out, Congratulations. 
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Congratulations Dad 
- Location
- Glasgow
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Here's one I found nesting on an outside light of a cafe in Northern Spain recently. Sadly I wasn't able to stay long. Parents were working over time to feed and the chicks would rotate to stick their bum over the edge to poop. 3 chicks but only two in shot.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
[QUOTE 3771629, member: 9609"]I think they are ready to fledge at any moment, they may have already been out of the nest - Swallows are one of very few species of bird that ever go back to the nest once they have left it.[/QUOTE]
Interesting @User9609. They were certainly "fully formed and feathered". During the 30 - 40 mins I was there they didn't attempt flight. The one you can't see was smaller - but it was getting fed Almost time for brood two now.
Interesting @User9609. They were certainly "fully formed and feathered". During the 30 - 40 mins I was there they didn't attempt flight. The one you can't see was smaller - but it was getting fed
Almost time for brood two now.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
[QUOTE 3772856, member: 9609"]3 days old
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Wonderful! How big are they? About 15mm long?
Wonderful! How big are they? About 15mm long?
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
[QUOTE 3772865, member: 9609"]I don't know, but at a guess 30mm long[/QUOTE]
That's bigger than I expected. Our Blue Tit chicks, all dead alas, looked to be half that size. Mind you, their eggs were smaller than an old-fashioned marble. I hope your little birds flourish. Please keep posting the photos.
That's bigger than I expected. Our Blue Tit chicks, all dead alas, looked to be half that size. Mind you, their eggs were smaller than an old-fashioned marble. I hope your little birds flourish. Please keep posting the photos.
