Some pictures of some young swallows getting ready for the long flight to Africa later this month. Also - some pictures of the terrain that they won't see again for another 8 months.

He's not much bigger than the drops of water on the clothes line!
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Not sure if this is the same bird.
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Starting from the north this is Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal
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The pier on Tory Island taken last week 11th August 2004
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Newport Railway Bridge
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Achill looking towards Keem. This is a reverse image.
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Same as the above image is correct
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Finally a beach in Co Kerry looking out at the Skellig rocks. I don't know which is rarer a Swallow in October or two men hurling on a beach in Kerry?
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