First swallows of the year .......

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  1. Spruce

    Spruce Glad to be back .....

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    Hi
    Spoted my first swallows over the river feeding about 6 in tottal.


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    It`s all happening again... nature is a wonderful thing.
    I spotted two doves making out on our fence today.. must be spring.
     
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    That is early Spruce, 6 you say, thats enough for 3 coconuts then :heehee:
     
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    Loads of them flying in from the Channel this week, two Hoopoes arrived on Portland in the last two weeks beating most of the House Martins and Swallows, probably took a wrong turn.
     
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    They must have used a strand of creeper held under the dorsal guiding feathers :loll:
     
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