tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post1651574922704535518..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: The SwiftsNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-65372161017626892642011-11-14T12:46:29.606+00:002011-11-14T12:46:29.606+00:00It can't work in reality, that is exactly what...It can't work in reality, that is exactly what I suppose.www.cordoba-3d.comhttp://www.cordoba-3d.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-45284152598410834352011-08-09T21:23:23.271+01:002011-08-09T21:23:23.271+01:00Better late than never in commenting Nige but I wa...Better late than never in commenting Nige but I was in Maine in a house with no internet and buggered if I was going to sit outside the library in the evening drizzle.<br /><br />I remember the swifts arrival the first week or so in May every year in Gloucester. It really did mean summer was with us. Remember once finding one on the path outside the front door. Not sure how it ended up there but after a night in the spare hamster cage it flew just fine in the morning much to the delight of all. And a very very rare chance to get a close-up look.Banished To A Pompous Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141515769740567476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-78276210837624815302011-08-04T17:39:08.534+01:002011-08-04T17:39:08.534+01:00The swallows were on great form - and very numerou...The swallows were on great form - and very numerous - at Whitby Abbey last week, whizzing past our ears and skimming along within inches of the ground. And more house sparrows than I've seen in one place in a long time - flocks of them all over the hedgerows.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-57513801531638306052011-08-04T13:37:28.735+01:002011-08-04T13:37:28.735+01:00Similar thoughts last week when I was in central F...Similar thoughts last week when I was in central France where swallows were gathering on the telephone wires. Summer is already turning!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-56782341081825636362011-08-04T12:39:34.944+01:002011-08-04T12:39:34.944+01:00Late in June this year I had the good fortune to b...Late in June this year I had the good fortune to be invited to an evening meal in terraced house in the mountains behind Malaga, and we were able to look down - yes down - on a valley swarming with these magical (and mysterious)creatures. Today, near Gibraltar, and looking up, there are just a few preparing, I imagine, for the long haul back. I miss them already.mahlermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-5359729723022428052011-08-04T12:28:33.781+01:002011-08-04T12:28:33.781+01:00First rate harbingers, they were gathering over Cu...First rate harbingers, they were gathering over Culzean castle at the weekend, catching a last glimpse of Arran before the off, seems early for south west Scotland so may have had something to do with the wedding, the Scottish NT hires out the castle for a suitable amount of money.<br />Judging by the guests circulating the park this one was strictly into Glasgow drug dealer territory.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.com