Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow / hirundo rustica. Bawdsey, Suffolk. 27/04/23.
'HOMEMAKER.'
No prizes for guessing what this beauty had been doing!
By late April the first Swallows were back at their traditional nesting site on the Suffolk coast. When I visited, the area was charged with activity - agile flybys, rapid chases, mating attempts and exuberant chattering songs.
Some birds had wasted no time in preparing/repairing nests for the breeding season and this bird pictured was one of them. Here it is taking a little time out from gathering wet mud from the edges of puddles. I love the thin streaks of mud on its forehead and chin, not quite a mud pack, but getting there!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow / hirundo rustica. Bawdsey, Suffolk. 27/04/23.
'HOMEMAKER.'
No prizes for guessing what this beauty had been doing!
By late April the first Swallows were back at their traditional nesting site on the Suffolk coast. When I visited, the area was charged with activity - agile flybys, rapid chases, mating attempts and exuberant chattering songs.
Some birds had wasted no time in preparing/repairing nests for the breeding season and this bird pictured was one of them. Here it is taking a little time out from gathering wet mud from the edges of puddles. I love the thin streaks of mud on its forehead and chin, not quite a mud pack, but getting there!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.