Swallows are a symbol of love, faith, hope & loyalty. Once established, pairs stay together to breed for life, returning to the same breeding ground to raise their young and often using the same nest year after year, a phenomenon called philopatry.

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Spring was is in the air in today even if the leaden skies concealed the sun until late afternoon.

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First Caspian gull of the year - this blue-stained 2nd winter was at Erith pier today, along with a few yellow-legged gulls

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