A little while ago (#1051) I wrote about a potential " Lack of Swallows" .... there's been a letter in the local paper about it as well. Blimey !! 1051-swallows-lack-of-again-maybe.html But so far it hasn't been quite as drastic as the one two years ago. I only saw 1 yesterday. And so far this morning I've seen none ... but so far it has been hefty rain, which might put them off a bit. And it won't be doing the Swifts any good either. So ... if the previous " duff Swallow year" was real, and not just a local anomaly or bad luck, then what IS causing them ? The obvious thing is their highly hazardous risky route which they have to niftily negotiate. So .... why don't "we" ..that's me and you .... have a go at counting the number of Swallows you spot over a whole day ... and then send your results to ME. [email protected] is the place to send your results. And there's to be no " going to a lake 28 miles away" that you know will be awash with them. That biases the whole shebang. No. Just "do it" wherever you happen to be going. OK .... that's all sorted. So now, the music .... KLEE "Zwischen den Jahren" ( Between the years)
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