Friday, 30 May 2008

Birder's Bonus 23


It looks as if the House martins (Delichon urbica) have ceased nesting under the eaves of the old Sports Pavilion at Swansea University. They used to be present there in numbers but the laying down of the all-weather sports track has removed convenient sources of their muddy building materials. I bet nobody thought of that.
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