Paul<p>[Barn] Swallow - at least 50 of them, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Orcombe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orcombe</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Exmouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Exmouth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Devon</span></a></p><p>Apparently, the name 'swallow' is a very old one, derived probably from the old English 'swell', meaning to swirl, a reference to the bird's swooping flight, or from the old Norse 'swala', meaning a cleft stick, which refers to its tail. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BirdsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BirdsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Swallow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swallow</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/X6om_rbmiUc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/X6om_rbmiUc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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Paul<p>A couple of snaps of yesterday's Woodchat Shrike and today's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Wryneck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wryneck</span></a>. <br /> Not a bad couple of day's birding!</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BirdsOfMAstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BirdsOfMAstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Birding</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Migration</span></a> </p><p>📷 Woodchat Shrike, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Seatown" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Seatown</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dorset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dorset</span></a> <br />📷 Wryneck, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Orcombe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orcombe</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Exmouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Exmouth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Devon</span></a></p>
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