Barn Swallows in flight at Mount Moreland

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Baby Barn Swallows take their first Flight

By Peter John

Little clip showing first flight of baby swallows from nest one. Five babies. Wall nest six babies which some are now flying, and rest still in the nest so far today.

Little picture taken over weekend just showing wall nest and grown up babies all 5 of them overcrowding small nest. Notice the wall filler around the nest to stop it falling off the wall.

Babies are now flying in nest one on the wooden shelf. Again five babies. Probably will fly out of barn tomorrow for a short time. Nest 2 on top shelf also has five babies, but way behind the other two broods. This number two nest has only the female as parent, but again the male from nest one is helping to feed her young. Thinks he is also the father of this brood, has to be, being no other male was with her when she arrived.

There's going to be traffic jams inside small barn this week as wall nest swallows are also exercising their wings today. Two days after usually take to the air. Ten babies flying in the den plus five adults jetting in and out feeding them all.

First Baby Barn Swallows

Well this picture taken this afternoon of one of the adult swallows looking at me with thing in my hand by barn door. They say a bird tolerates you but been proven it is trembling inside itself. So much for ringing, they don't realize how that captured bird feels. Apart from that, captured one of my 2011 swallows.

Peter's Barn Swallow

Regards the baby swallows it's been very exciting with birds in our garden. This morning the blue tits flew from nesting box by my shed. Also the great tits last baby in the box flew also this morning. Another blue tits box on wall of cottage, the babies are due to leave anytime now. Sparrows left nesting box up on my silver birch flew a week ago. The garden is overwhelming with bird life. And nice to know the farmer has put his young cows directly behind the cottage, with the insects around the grazing cows the swallows are making easy pickings of the readily available food source.

So the situation is like this.

Wall nest has five babies about a week old. Nest 1 on top shelf has 4 or 5 babies about two weeks old. Nest 2 on top shelf has babies about 3 days old. It's going to be a mad house in the little barn when they all start flying. Weather been cold and left barn door closed to keep babies warm.

Garden today, although cold weather looks more summer like than winter.

Summer garden in Wales