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FANTASTIC ALPINE SWIFT (APUS MELBA) VERY RARE MIGRANT TO BRITAINS EAST COAST
SWIFT FROM ST MICHAELS MOUNT COLLECTION
SAND MARTIN ONE OF OUR EARLIEST MARCH ARRIVING SUMMER MIGRANTS
SWIFT
HOUSE MARTINS
HOUSE MARTIN(DELICHON URBICA)LONG DISTANCE MIGRATORY BREEDER RETURNING FROM AFRICA IN APRIL,HAS EVOLVED FROM A CLIFF NESTER TO INHABIT TOWNS AND CITIES,BUILDING ITS NEST UNDER HUMAN DWELLINGS,FEEDS ON FLYING INSECTS,HIGHLY SOCIABLE BIRDS,AND BETWEEN 250-500 THOUSAND PAIRS BREED IN BRITAIN.
SWALLOW(HIRUNDO RUSTICA)POPULAR SUMMER MIGRANT,THE HERALD OD THE BRITISH SUMMER,NESTS IN BARNS AND OUTHOUSES ON FARMLAND AND COUNTRYSIDE DWELLINGS.COMMON AT PRESENT BUT CHANGING CONDITIONS IN AFRICAN WINTERING GROUNDS MAY AFFECT POPULATIONS IN FUTURE
NICE SWALLOW IN VICTORIAN CASE
NICELEY PRESENTED SWALLOW WITH LINNET
SWIFT(CELER APUS APUS)
SWIFT
SWALLOW
TWO SAND MARTINS IN NEST SCENE WITH RINGED PLOVER
SWALLOW CASED WITH COCK LINNET
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