Swallow central

Yesterday afternoon there were up to 21 Swallows on the overhead electric cables just in front of the house. A lot were youngsters being fed and also being taught to hawk for themselves with the adults flying tirelessly over our fields. What a great sight. It's been quite a few years since Swallows last nested in our barn and whilst there has been fairly regular hawking by one or two Swallows over the fields this year, I was amazed to see so many using the site for feeding. I just hope that this portends some nesting here next year. There was also a couple of juvenile Goldfinches in the mix who rested on teh wires in the middle of the Swallow throng for a couple of minutes