On Fri, 10 May 2013 09:21:17 +0100, David Hill wrote:

Yes. Spring is much delayed this year in the UK...
Swallows and housemartins only arrived this week.

I have only seen one swallow so far this year and that was on Monday,
the same day that I heard a cuckoo.


Strange, I have only seen 1 swallow here so far, but visiting a local
firm based on an old farm last week the swallows were skimming around
the yard, and I was told they had been there for almost 3 weeks.

Plenty of swallows here, Adele won't leave the kitchen door open! The
cat is a great one for birds and mice outside, but in the house they just
don't appear to have the same savour...



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Gardening in Lower Normandy