Sand Martins

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It's great to see again this year the return of a large flock of Sand Martins nesting in a rock face here in my village.

 

I made several videos of them previously that can be seen in my Flickr Albums

I have attached below a link to one of the same.

 

The Sand Martin (Riparia riparia), is the smallest European hirundine (martins and swallows)

also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries and across the Palearctic to the Pacific Ocean. It is a Holarctic species also found in North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America, and the Indian Subcontinent.

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