These 3 young swallows and their parents have provided lots of entertainment. Overnight they had fledged from their precarious nest to this hook jutting out of the wall (a distance of about a metre). They eventually flew down to perch on the barbecue and from there took off on their maiden flight. Direction proved a bit of a problem at one point as the young flew into my house followed by their parents. I just had to laugh with 5 of them flying around my head. The parents guided all but one out and it must have spent 15 minutes looking down on my world from a beam. They were back in the evening to settle on a rafter and tonight (after day 2 of Flight School) they have returned again, all huddling together as they had to in the nest. Just love swallows.
@helenhall The aerobatic displays are dizzying to watch - such speed and skill. Sadly though, there are only two young and one adult returning to the rafter for the night.
