Taking a break!

The swallows are back in the big barn again, a different pair this year not sitting on their usual perch, this time making themselves at home in the storage area
There is much nesting activity at the moment, well it is that time of year, 2 pairs of swallows, the above plus a pair in the boiler room, black redstarts, goldfinch, nuthatch, blackbirds, blue, long tailed & great tits, rock sparrows and dunnocks are all setting up home within our property boundary, a little further, the peregrine falcons are in their usual habitat in Le Roque St Christophe and kestrels are also somewhere around but I' m not sure where!