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Most of the summer visitors have gone now. The willow warblers, chiffchaffs and most of the swallows. One day last week, there were about 200 swallows swooping over the local fields, probably migrating from further north. Now there are just 3 flying round and going in and out of the old coal shed. They have a late brood they are feeding. They should fledge soon but I doubt many of them will survive. They will hardly of started flying and feeding themselves and they will be off on a trip of few thousand miles.