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Return of the swallows

  • 04-04-2013 9:56pm
    #1
    ally k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭


    As the title says anyone seen any swallows yet or are the frozen to the boat masts ....Dirty little buggers but always a welcome sight they might bring some badly needed growth with them...


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  • #2
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    yeah they are back


  • #3
    bb12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 886 ✭✭✭bb12


    love swallows and love to see them back but there's no food source for them at the moment so i guess it will be a late season for them this year


  • #4
    KatyMac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭KatyMac


    None to be seen here yet, Always have up to 6 nests in an old cow shed and the birds raise 3 lots of chicks in each - that's an awful lot of young swallows!


  • #5
    alkev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭alkev


    Saw one today on the Bull Island in Dublin


  • #6
    Call me Al
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭Call me Al


    My dad mentioned that they have reappeared this week down at home in West Mayo.


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  • #7
    buffalobilly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 259 ✭✭buffalobilly


    Saw the wee dirty beasts about 10 days Ago but saying that it is nice to see them the young fellow tells me they come back to the same place every year so i suppose it is home to them


  • #8
    drunk_monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭drunk_monk


    There must be 20+ pairs nesting in and around our house but no sign of them this year. They will be lucky to get two sets of chicks hatched this year!


  • #9
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,761 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    My dogs are so stupid, I want them to help bringing in the cows to milk, the dogs would prefer to chase swallows around the fields like idiots.


  • #10
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    alkev wrote: »
    Saw one today on the Bull Island in Dublin

    One swallow never made a summer ;) I heard a cuckoo yesterday though :D


  • #11
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Yes they are back, but I don't know what they are living on, not too many flies around yet.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • #12
    ally k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭ally k


    Seen them around alright we have what seems like hundreds of swallows this year not too many today though cold north west wind and flies cant get airbourne


  • #13
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    they where in the milking parlour a few weeks ago but seem to have disappeared, would rather them to the single magpie i have seen about 10 times today


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