Barn swallows have finally arrived from South Africa - 5 weeks later than usual due to bad weather.
Just a post note to say that the swallows had a brood of five young which all flew away from the nest on the 1st July
Sad news the Swallows second brood of five have died - we had several days of wet weather and the parents were unable to fly and catch flies in the heavy rain. They tried valiantly everytime the rain stopped they flew in with food but it just wasn't enough. - 22/08/2010 .
Swallows Travel To And Fro
by Robert Louis Stevenson
SWALLOWS travel to and fro,
And the great winds come and go,
And the steady breezes blow,
Bearing perfume, bearing love.
Breezes hasten, swallows fly,
Towered clouds forever ply,
And at noonday, you and I
See the same sunshine above.
Dew and rain fall everywhere,
Harvests ripen, flowers are fair,
And the whole round earth is bare
To the moonshine and the sun;
And the live air, fanned with wings,
Bright with breeze and sunshine, brings
Into contact distant things,
And makes all the countries one.
Let us wander where we will,
Something kindred greets us still;
Something seen on vale or hill
Falls familiar on the heart;
So, at scent or sound or sight,
Severed souls by day and night
Tremble with the same delight -
Tremble, half the world apart.
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