I was surprised this afternoon when the normal number of around twenty or so Hs Martins around the house suddenly doubled within a few minutes I then realised there was something odd about the newcomers in fact they were Sand Martins! I had been expecting the arrival of a few Swifts having only seen one so far in Ceredigion this year however; Sand Martins is a first around the house they stuck around for five minutes or so; just curious perhaps or maybe an 'urban cell' fed up with floods and a precarious life in the river bank?
Tony Clark
Bow Street