A gulp of Hirondelles...

Last night we had a gathering of our 'Hirondelle' group before some take flight. It was a lovely evening of solidarity where we also toasted our absent friends, Norman and Margaret and Pauline and Denis.

Hosting the hirondelles...

 

Last night we were delighted to host most of our hirondelle friends in our courtyard here in La Guerche. It had been over a year since we had them last as a group, so was great to catch up.

Hirondelles' first flight

At the beginning of the year we had decided that we wouldn't be letting the Hirondelles back into the barn as they make a bit of  a mess over what is stored there but then fate showed its hand. The barn doors are pretty ancient and one night as we were closing them up a piece fell off and we decided that we wouldn't repair it as they were obviously meant to have access.

Below is the second brood of the year...

and we were lucky enough to catch their inaugural flight with them just making the top of the door before landing on the vine or whtever was handy.

It wasn't long before they got the hang of it...now we have more mess to contend with!