While this picture may not look like much, it shows a group of young swallows, perched in a row , waiting to be fed by the parents who are busy hunting for insects.
taken a few weeks ago, we have really enjoyed the spectacle of the parents coming in and feeding them ,while still on the wing.
As the young birds must learn to hunt while flying, occasionally a returning adult would try to coax the youngsters to fly up to meet it to take the insect in the air, while you can see the more advanced students flying freely, and occasionally meeting up with an adult to be fed while flying.
All the while the youngsters have a super view of their parents in action, showing them how its meant to be done!
Fast forward today, I have just returned from walking the dogs, and the swallows and house martins were out in large numbers performing aerial acrobatics over the field.
Looks like the students learnt well!