Family day out in Thetford

 

August on the smallholding

A second brood of swallows this year has hatched in the nest in our barn. This is the third year running that we have had swallows nesting there. These look like they are soon to fledge. They have a few weeks still before their migration to Southern Africa sometime in September. It is a delight to see the adults swooping in and out of the barn feeding their youngsters. 

With the combines busy and straw bales being collected in the neighbouring fields, and our own harvesting of fruit and vegetables, together with the daily warm sunshine, it feels very August.