House martins
richi89
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Was having a quick tidy up in the garden yesterday and noticed a pair of house martins building a nest in my outhouse, very pleased about this only got the house last year and the garden was in a poor state but with some work i have managed to get it alot nicer and hope to make more progress over the summer, been rewarded with my first proper wildlife in the garden very beautiful birds.
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How lovely. You've started well with your wildlife garden
In the sticks near Peterborough
House Martins are such cheerful little birds,our neighbours used to get them under their eaves and I can still remember them knocking the nests down because of the 'mess' they made.Its hardly surprising we don't get on with them (neighbours)
Sounds good - send us a picture richi
Wait till the babies emerge - you'll really enjoy hearing them chattering away while they wait to be fed.
Lovely.
We get huge numbers of house martins and swallows too, lots of nest sites on the house and garage. I do tend to moan about the mess, but its always the saddest day of the year when they leave us.
Yours neighbours sound horrible Fishy as knocking the the HM nests down is illegal. Perhaps it's a good thing they choose not to nest there any more. You are so lucky Richi and a1154 to have them nesting. We used to have a row of nests several years ago that they returned to each year, but sadly although house martins are flying around the village, none seem to come to us anymore.
Watching House Martins nesting under the eaves of our house is one of my fondest childhood memories. The way they swooped in to feed the clamouring chicks and the persistence in their nest building filled me with awe. Although they do not nest under my eaves, I still see them at a neighbouring house and love each and every time each years when they return.
Swallows have been investigating our buildings today. Sheds, woodstore and two bedrooms. I'm not having them nesting in the bedrooms so they can rethink that one
In the sticks near Peterborough