27 April 2001

Today is a special day. The swallows returned to the Hazelhatch today. They are swooping up and down the canal feeding on the flys as they go. I saw one sitting on a wire for quite a long time this-evening so he must have been tired after his journey. They come all the way from Africa back to the same place they nested last year or back to where they were born. And we think we're smart.While I'm on about the Hazeler, two Jackdaws nested in a disused chimney pot on top of the house across the road last year. I've just noticed that they are at it again in the same chimney pot this year. Good luck to them.