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Hirundo rustica
Summer visitor to the UK, seen mainly in flight. Small & slim, with deep blue/black topside & pale underside with pinky-red throat & a distinctive long forked tail.
Vindolanda Roman Fort is a an open to the public roman site along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. It is an exposed site, quite high, with a small valley at the bottom of the site.
I was so surprised to firstly see the swallows sitting so low to the ground & secondly to be able to get so close to them.
Spotted on Aug 19, 2013
Submitted on Mar 26, 2015
2 Comments
These are juveniles just a few weeks old so probably born (hatched) nearby and a month or so later will likely fly to somewhere in Africa.
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I've been to Vindolanda -- what an amazing place!