A bank of Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) nests. Smaller cousins of the more widely known Barn swallows, as their name suggests they make their nests and rear their young in sand banks like the one above.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Tayside #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Angus #Dighty #DightyBurn #Rivers #Woods #Photography #Countryside #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Magpie #Magpies #Wren #Wrens #SandMartin #SandMartins #SongThrush #SongThrushes #Thrush #Thrushes #CityWildlife #UrbanNature
Mourning Routine.
A #SandMartin doing some yoga....
A bag of mixed swallows ...
The sandmartins have returned to Knockferry pier (on Lough Corrib in Galway) for another year from Africa! #sandmartin #GabhlánGainimh #RipariaRiparia #migration #birds #Galway #galwaybiodiversity #Ireland #nature
"Hey du, kannst du uns den Weg nach..."
"...gar nichts kann ich bei dieser Hitze!"
Tatsächlich haben die #Schwalben am Winzlarer Turm die ganze Zeit gehechelt wie Hunde.
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Uuund weg... grmpf, Zweig im Weg.
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#Uferschwalbe kratzt sich :-) #sandmartin #vogelflausch
Suchbild: in welches Loch fliegt die #Uferschwalbe?
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We completed another stage of the Scottish National Trail at the weekend, Aberfeldy to Pitlochry. At Little Ballinluig we saw some sand martins nesting in a bank of earth. Is it still called a nest if it's a hole in the ground?