Saturday was a very quiet day with nothing added to the nest, the two Swallows seemed to be away for most of the day, always a worry when they do that - has something happened to them, have they abandoned the nest.

Then Sunday they were back and we were regularly treated throughout the day to the spectacular of the pre mating flying extravaganza; they will chase each other with amazing speed and agility, the lead bird trying to out manoeuvre the other with high speed, sudden turns, and extremely close passes between the house and car - and the whole time its mate will keep only a few inches behind. I presume its the female testing to see if the male is good enough to farther her children!

And Monday we have the first egg, I would guess we will have another 3 or 4 eggs over the next 3 or 4 days then she will start to sit. Hopefully I will get to see a bit more of there stunning flying acrobatics.


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