It’s a bright sunny day in the first week of April, and the hirundine community, soaring and swirling over the house and out across the valley, is growing by the day. House Martins into double figures have joined their resident Crag Martins cousins as they float overhead, and beautiful Barn Swallows have joined the throng, [...]
It’s a cooler, breezy November morning, and it’s time once again to take a walk down into the river valley below the house and check what’s going on in “the backyard”. A quick check around the olive grove and orchards before I head off brings all the familiar regulars…House Sparrows chattering loudly as usual, with [...]
