Quiet moments
16 April 2008
Always love to see the Sand Martins return, so I took a little time out to sit on the river bank and watch them.
It’s cool watching birds as agile as the Martin flying so close. You get to see all angles as well, as they waft along just skimming the water below the bank then wheel around you and peel off across the meadows.
Despite their grace, they’re not quite my favourite to watch though, they always seem a little fragile. Nor the falcon’s power and ultimate speed, or the Swift’s relentless speed, for me it’s the liquid flight of the Swallow that’s tops. Always thought Mitchell must have had a Swallow in mind when he drew the Spitfire.
Almost jacket-off weather, well today anyway, the the first May Blossom is showing.
Frou Frou
