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Hirundo rustica
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Size: |
8 inches (20 cm) including tail streamers. |
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Habitat: |
Summer visitor only. Nests in farm buildings. |
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Feeding: |
Flying insects, dragonflies and butterflies. |
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Eggs: |
3 - 6 white eggs speckled with red-brown laid May to
August, incubation 15
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Swallows are the harbinger of summer when they arrive in
Britain after wintering in Africa. They start to arrive at
the end of March or early April.
Swallows are closely related to martins, but are bigger with
2 long tail streamers. They have dark blue backs, pale
underparts and a red face. The female's tail is
shorter than the male's.
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