Here is the latest bearer of the title Pidge. The wood pigeon who taps on my window downstairs to let me know it wants food on the upstairs windowsill - as it knows I often curl up in the coffee room and can be relied on to provide a free meal....
From this shot, regular readers will spot Goggles hiding in the undergrowth and know my next few pictures are likely to be from a woodland walk. Sure enough, this walk was taken at the end of July. The main purpose being to go blackberrying up Swillage Lane, as Dappers Lane is too busy with builders making homes instead of countryside this year. A pity - there were some nice big berries - but they would be too dirty to eat.
The next birds I spotted were a bunch of swallows darting about then resting on wires overhead.... They don't usually stay still long enough to get a good photo, so I was quite pleased to find some resting between swoops and glides.
From these pictures one can see the telltale tail and coloring depicting swallows, as opposed to swifts, which I had originally assumed them to be as the throat color was indistinct.
