I’m again back up in rural Warwickshire, it’s late afternoon and the air is filled with small flying insects – midges and the like, I guess – but certainly far more airborne wildlife than I see in south west London. This might explain why in Warwickshire I see swallows but not in London.
Tag: swallows
31 Days Wild: 7th May 2025
Again from my stays in Warwickshire, I have been able to spot my first swallows of the year with chattering burbling cry – these I saw in fact on Sunday 27th April – and my first swifts with their distinctive scimatar-shaped silhouette, which I saw yesterday in Warwickshire.
Seeing them reminds me however of the many we don’t see. I haven’t seen swallows here in south west London for many years, and the number of swifts I see, seems to be less and less each year. I have not yet seen any in London.
