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Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Lunt (Lancashire and North Merseyside)

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Taken: Sat, 05 Aug 2017

Lunt (Lancashire and North Merseyside)

Uploaded: Mon, 07 Aug 2017

4 Hours to get the right shot with these today a lovely family of Swallows one being fed ,the others fed up. :)

Photo: John Tymon

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Bawdsey (Suffolk)

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adult, male

Taken: Thu, 27 Jul 2017

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 28 Jul 2017

DIGISCOPED

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

adult, male

Taken: Thu, 27 Jul 2017

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 28 Jul 2017

DIGISCOPED

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

adult, male

Taken: Thu, 27 Jul 2017

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 28 Jul 2017

DIGISCOPED

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at St Mary's Island (Northumberland)

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juvenile

Taken: Wed, 26 Jul 2017

St Mary's Island (Northumberland)

Uploaded: Wed, 26 Jul 2017

Photo: Alan Jack

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Swallow

juvenile

Taken: Wed, 26 Jul 2017

St Mary's Island (Northumberland)

Uploaded: Wed, 26 Jul 2017

Photo: Alan Jack

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

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juvenile

Taken: Wed, 19 Jul 2017

Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 19 Jul 2017

Unusual plumage with every feather seemingly pale or white just short of the tip

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Gore Cross (Wiltshire)

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adult

Taken: Sun, 02 Jul 2017

Gore Cross (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 05 Jul 2017

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Slimbridge WWT (Gloucestershire)

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Taken: Mon, 03 Jul 2017

Slimbridge WWT (Gloucestershire)

Uploaded: Wed, 05 Jul 2017

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

adult

Taken: Sat, 17 Jun 2017

Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Sat, 17 Jun 2017

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Bratton (Wiltshire)

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adult

Taken: Thu, 01 Jun 2017

Bratton (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Fri, 02 Jun 2017

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Upavon (Wiltshire)

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adult

Taken: Sat, 13 May 2017

Upavon (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Sat, 13 May 2017

In most cases the birds seem to collect a piece of dry grass first and then go to a puddle for some mud before going to their nest location.

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

adult

Taken: Thu, 11 May 2017

Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Thu, 11 May 2017

White bar at junction of upper surface of wings with body. Also considerable orange hue on underside possibly hybrid with eastern Mediterranean race?

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

adult

Taken: Thu, 11 May 2017

Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Thu, 11 May 2017

Considerable orange hue possibly hybrid with eastern Mediterranean race? Also white bar at junction of upper surface of wings with body

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

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adult, male

Taken: Sun, 07 May 2017

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sun, 07 May 2017

Breeding pairs now returned.

Photo: Martin Goodey

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Alderney (Hampshire)

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first-winter

Taken: Fri, 02 Dec 2016

Alderney (Hampshire)

Uploaded: Fri, 02 Dec 2016

A very late movement of Swallows through the Channel Islands these past 3 days. This one ringed this morning the latest of them.

Photo: John Horton

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Lydeway (Wiltshire)

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adult

Taken: Wed, 17 Aug 2016

Lydeway (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 17 Aug 2016

Photo: Michael Trew

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Swallow

adult

Taken: Wed, 17 Aug 2016

Lydeway (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 17 Aug 2016

Photo: Michael Trew

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog email

Swallow

Taken: Sat, 13 Aug 2016

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 15 Aug 2016

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

juvenile

Taken: Sat, 13 Aug 2016

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 15 Aug 2016

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Sat, 13 Aug 2016

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 15 Aug 2016

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Sandwich Bay (Kent)

All the RBA news reports of the Swallow at Sandwich Bay (Kent)

Taken: Fri, 29 Jul 2016

Sandwich Bay (Kent)

Uploaded: Sat, 30 Jul 2016

Photo: Steven Ashton

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Fri, 29 Jul 2016

Sandwich Bay (Kent)

Uploaded: Sat, 30 Jul 2016

Photo: Steven Ashton

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

male

Taken: Sat, 02 Jul 2016

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 03 Jul 2016

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Stubber's Green (West Midlands)

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Taken: Fri, 15 Apr 2016

Stubber's Green (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Fri, 15 Apr 2016

50+ today.

Photo: Gaz Robinson

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Fri, 15 Apr 2016

Stubber's Green (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Fri, 15 Apr 2016

Photo: Gaz Robinson

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

male

Taken: Sat, 02 Apr 2016

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 04 Apr 2016

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Tacumshin (County Wexford)

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juvenile

Taken: Thu, 17 Sep 2015

Tacumshin (County Wexford)

Uploaded: Mon, 21 Sep 2015

An almost pure white Swallow feeding for over an hour over the lake.

Photo: Eric Dempsey

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Tue, 04 Aug 2015

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Thu, 20 Aug 2015

Photo: Richard Stonier

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog email

Swallow

juvenile

Taken: Sat, 11 Jul 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 12 Jul 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

juvenile

Taken: Sat, 11 Jul 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 12 Jul 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

juvenile

Taken: Sat, 11 Jul 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 12 Jul 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Mon, 25 May 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 26 May 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Mon, 25 May 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 26 May 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Sat, 02 May 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 03 May 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Sat, 02 May 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 03 May 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Taken: Sat, 02 May 2015

Bawdsey (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 03 May 2015

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Abberton Reservoir (Essex)

All the RBA news reports of the Swallow at Abberton Reservoir (Essex)

Taken: Tue, 28 Apr 2015

Abberton Reservoir (Essex)

Uploaded: Thu, 30 Apr 2015

A particularly rufous looking one, accentuated a little by low evening sun.

Photo: Sean Nixon

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Donna Nook (Lincolnshire)

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Taken: Thu, 04 Sep 2014

Donna Nook (Lincolnshire)

Uploaded: Fri, 05 Sep 2014

Photo: Mark Johnson

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Swallow

Upload a photo of the Swallow at Shingle Street (Suffolk)

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Taken: Sat, 30 Aug 2014

Shingle Street (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 31 Aug 2014

digiscoped

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

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