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Mixing up swallows and martins

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2005-08-16 19:15:14 - Graham Ellis

Annandale Water



Swallow or MartinAnnandale Water, 6 a.m. Yesterday morning, I woke early at Annandale Water, near Lockerbie, Southern Scotland and took these pictures from my bedroom. Quite remarkable, as I was staying at the Premier Travel Inn that's attached to the motorway service area there; I have to record this as one of the better service area hotels.

There are certain birds I always recognise, and others I never remember. Is this a swallow or a martin that was sitting directly above the door so the balcony (or should I call it a railed patio as I was on the ground floor) that I had?