"Michael Bell" <
mic...@beaverbell.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f36ff0bf54....@michael.beaverbell.co.uk...
>I saw the first swallow of spring this morning. I could hardly believe
> it, so early! Yet it undoubtedly was a swallow, patrolling round
> Killingworth lakes (Newcastle), swooping and skimming. I don't think
> there are many flying insects at this time, but it looked in earnest.
>
Eh..? As usual, I saw swallows in South Wales in mid April and there are
reports by others in uk.rec.birdwatching of early-April sightings.
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Nogood Boyo