tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335299432629417967.post5752417845580211515..comments2023-12-20T08:34:52.903+00:00Comments on BTO Bird Ringing - 'Demog Blog': Curtailed colonies carl_barimorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10109244405746789457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335299432629417967.post-111095994315181782012-08-25T18:40:36.732+01:002012-08-25T18:40:36.732+01:00Likewise I still have 5 pairs around my house in N...Likewise I still have 5 pairs around my house in Northern IrelandPeregrine's Bird Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457535265593303072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335299432629417967.post-62907469339255933762012-08-24T10:58:17.566+01:002012-08-24T10:58:17.566+01:00Still plenty of House Martins flying around the ne...Still plenty of House Martins flying around the nests on my house in Aberdeenshire at the momentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335299432629417967.post-34733424758340145492012-08-24T10:12:17.163+01:002012-08-24T10:12:17.163+01:00Yes, ours left a few days ago (Hitchin, Herts). Mo...Yes, ours left a few days ago (Hitchin, Herts). Most years they stay until mid-September, so they've departed about a month earlier than normal this year. I have noticed also that the autumn spiders are there already in the bushes, and that the back-to-school chill is in the air, so I wonder if it's a general seasonal shift they are responding to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com