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Swallow
Name: Swallow
Scientific name: Hirundo rustica
Category: Birds
Nature Stars: 40
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
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- Date: 2017-04-10 19:31:41
- Mink_ox
Report abusetheyre here now cuz its late(ish) spring i see them in my garden quite often now
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Swallows are my fave birds
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Swallows are my fave birds
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Swallows are epic cuz they're acrobatic
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Swallows are epic cuz they're acrobatic
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Swallows are epic cuz they're acrobatic
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Swallows are epic cuz they're acrobatic
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Swallows are epic cuz they're acrobatic
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oops Whiskolis
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oops Whiskolis
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