We’re in the first week of September, and many of our seasonal migrants are still with us.While our Barn Swallows have all but disappeared, the Red-rumped Swallow has yet to head south, and has stayed on with the last of the warm, sunny weather of summer. A true Mediterranean speciality, the Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica [...]
A summer migrant we’ve mentioned more than once in the last few days, the Red-rumped Swallow is very much a bird of the Mediterranean and a welcome addition to the swirling hirundine community that is rapidly filling our skies. With a little patience they can be picked out from a mixed flock, and they have [...]


