Swallow

Name: Swallow

Scientific name: Hirundo rustica

Category: Birds

Nature Stars: 40

What are nature stars?

About: A common summer visitor, arriving in April and leaving in October. Swallows build mud and straw nests on ledges, often in farm buildings. A common bird of farmland. Like the martins, feeds on flying insects.

How to identify: Swallows are glossy dark blue/black above, white below with a dark red forehead and throat and a black band across the chest. The forked tail is very long.

Where: Widespread

Natural Superpowers

• Predator: 70
• Agility: 90
• Rarity: 40
• Cute factor: 60
• Traveller: 90

Fantastic fact: In North America, known as the Barn Swallow

Photograph credit: Photo credit tbc