Walking on Halford Meadow we did not realised the acrobatic flying display we were going to see.
They swooped low, just a foot off the ground, whizzing between the mega hay bales. The insects they feed on must be flying just above ground level.
I thought it was just youngsters but then saw the tail streamers of adults in the mix. The youngsters do not have the tail streamers.
They banked left and right with tiny flicks of their wings.
What skill ,what a display to watch, they were just doing what they do, these Summer visitors of ours, the Swallows.
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