Observations in the Species: Hirundo rustica
English Name: Barn Swallow
Observed on: 11th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 11th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 14
Comments: 1
Description: Seen hunting with Sand Martins over Castle Semple Loch.
Observed on: 9th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 9th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 16
Comments: 2
Observed on: 7th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 9th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 0
Observed on: 25th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 8th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Description: Picking off insects over the fields.
By: itsawildlife
Observed on: 8th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 8th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 1
Observed on: 5th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 7th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 0
By: brachypro
Observed on: 5th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 6th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 27th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 6th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Description: Pair of Swallows just before mating
Location: WimpoleLat/Lng: 52.14, -0.06
OS grid ref: TL3351
Close Observed on: 2nd May 2013
Added to iSpot: 2nd May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 16
Comments: 0
Observed on: 26th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 12
Comments: 0
Location: KippenLat/Lng: 56.13, -4.19
OS grid ref: NS6495
Close Observed on: 30th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 30th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 13
Comments: 0
Description: The bird landing in the third picture appears only to have one long tail-streamer.
Observed on: 26th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 28th April 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 9
Comments: 1
Observed on: 27th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 28th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Location: A759, TroonLat/Lng: 55.562421666667, -4.636575
OS grid ref: NS338330
Close Observed on: 27th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 28th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 2
Observed on: 24th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 25th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 15
Comments: 2
Observed on: 24th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 25th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 13
Comments: 0
Observed on: 24th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 25th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 12
Comments: 0
Observed on: 23rd April 2013
Added to iSpot: 23rd April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 21st April 2013
Added to iSpot: 21st April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 1
Observed on: 19th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th April 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 11
Comments: 4
Description: Only a passing shot, but might be identifiable.
Observed on: 17th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 19th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Three or four birds in flight on a sunny afternoon around Stokesay Castle and adjacent lake - they apparently arrived over the previous weekend. They were never still for long enough to get a good photograph.
Observed on: 18th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 19th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 11
Comments: 0
Description: Another poor Swallow snap but at least mine was flying. Flying above a freshwater stream in an urban area.
There were loads of them. They are FAST in flight.
Observed on: 19th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 19th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 0
Description: Awful photo I know but as I think these are the first I've seen this year, is anyone prepared to confirm that they're Swallows based on their shape and tail length?
Observed on: 18th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 18th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 15
Comments: 0
Description: Spring has arrived.
Observed on: 15th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 16th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 11
Comments: 0
Observed on: 15th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: I'm not sure it's possible to make an ID from this photo - but I wanted to record the fact that they arrived back on the river today. Some Sand Martins were also flying around. They arrived back on Saturday (13th)
Observed on: 14th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 14th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 0
Description: Very very very poor pic of Swallow but the first I have seen this year so had to record it on film. Lots arriving today.
Observed on: 11th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 13th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Description: Lousy included because it's the first one I've seen this year. If you look carefully, there's an insect just in front of the bird, about to come to a sticky end...
Habitat given as freshwater because the bird was above the lake.
By: alantear
Observed on: 30th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 11th February 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 13
Comments: 0
Observed on: 20th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 28th January 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 15
Comments: 0
Description: Swallow chicks from a clutch last year.
Location: BiscayLat/Lng: 45, -5
At sea in the Bay of Biscay in mid june.
Close Observed on: 13th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 11
Comments: 0
Description: Landed on one of our boat deliveries mid way between Spain and France. The bird stayed onboard overnight during which time we travelled about 100 miles northeast. Does anybody have any suggestions which way the bird actually wanted to go.North or south?
Observed on: 26th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 11
Comments: 0
Description: Nest on isolated building
Observed on: 8th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 8th October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 0
Description: I think this bird has been left behind for some reason. Whilst I was preparing to take photos, a lady walked past it on this sign with her head no more than two feet from it. I and an acquaintance with two Jack Russell terriers then approached it to within about five feet and it didn't seem too concerned.
Observed on: 4th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 5th October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 14
Comments: 0
Description: Starting to flock in large groups, where we spotted them.
Observed on: 3rd October 2012
Added to iSpot: 3rd October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 14
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd May 2012
Added to iSpot: 2nd October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 14
Comments: 0
Location: 1, Main LodgeLat/Lng: 55.60102, -2.44406
OS grid ref: NT721342
On the river tweed
Close Observed on: 25th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 25th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Description: I thought the swallows had all left as I haven't seen any for a week but there were lots feeding over the river today (which is in flood). Maybe these birds have come from farther north and stopped to feed up?
Observed on: 17th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 0
Description: Starting to get ready to go soon,they are feeding in the cut hayfields which now have sheep in watched them swooping low for last insects attracted to the sheep muck a total of 27 on the barbed wire but cannot get a good photo to show them all as they seem to sit in groups then there is a gap before the next lot.I wonder if this is separate families there is also a meadow pipit trying to sit with them
Observed on: 13th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 16th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 0
Description: Three juveniles being fed in a willow on the edge of the reservoir.
Observed on: 13th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 13th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 0
Observed on: 10th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 10th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 0
Observed on: 13th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 9th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Observed on: 13th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 9th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Observed on: 25th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 3rd September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 14
Comments: 0
Description: Still around. Also still seen flying in and out of farm building on site.
Observed on: 21st August 2012
Added to iSpot: 1st September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 0
Description: Tricky things to photograph in flight - and with swallows, house martins (http://www.ispot.org.uk/myspot/observations) and sand martins (not photographed that day but later in the week - http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/291812) about tricky to be sure which bird you will be getting when looking through a camera lens rather than binoculars.
Observed on: 12th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 1st September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 0
Description: 4 juveniles in a brick shed on an old cart, fledged from the nest but still being brought food regularly by parents
Observed on: 25th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Pair of Swallows feeding at least 3 chicks in nest in the porch of an out-building on Coastal Path. Whilst parents away, occasional glimpses of 3 little faces with apparent "smiles". As parents entered porch, all 3 beaks opened wide; parents popped food into chick's mouth without landing and then completed a "wing-over" to depart for more food.
Observed on: 21st August 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 16
Comments: 0
Location: 3, CnwllLat/Lng: 50.2603, -4.8018
OS grid ref: SX003437
Close Observed on: 11th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 20th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 16
Comments: 0
By: meb287
Location: 3, B6478Lat/Lng: 53.8824, -2.4058
OS grid ref: SD734429
Seen at Waddow Hall, a Girguiding UK Training and Activity Centre. The nest is on the light in the porch or verandah in front of the hut on one of the campsites.
Close Observed on: 28th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 12th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 15
Comments: 0
