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"a flock of swifts swooping down from overhead wires into the stream"
Are you sure they were swifts? According to the RSPB's website, swifts "never perch on wires like swallows".
James | 15.08.09 - 1:16 p.m. | #
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I did a little research: swifts only land to establish nests, lay eggs and feed their young. They will stay in the air for 2-3 years before they reach sexual maturity and even then they will have sex in flight, as demonstrated in these great pictures of two swifts doing an impression of a biplane.
http://www.commonswift.org/Aeria...ial-
mating.html
James | 15.08.09 - 1:27 p.m. | #
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Sorry, my ornithological skills are minimal.
I've now changed my mind and plumped for "swallows" instead (until advised otherwise).
diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.08.09 - 5:13 p.m. | #
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Loved the picture at the flooded end of the letter box tunnel!! All adds to the total "Lea Experience"!
CornishCockney | 15.08.09 - 5:55 p.m. | #
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Only caught up with your Lea Valley posts today so will work through from beginning of month via archive
You may be keeping this for week-ends when visits to blog low but for those of us who look to you for great info and comments on London , this is real bonus time
My introduction to your blog several years ago was when it came up in a search result for another of London's rivers - the Fleet - and your account of that walk inspired me to do a similar trip .
I look forward to reading about the Lea and now that Iam back in UK hopefully following your route
elaine | 15.08.09 - 7:32 p.m. | #
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Hate to nitpick but it's actually "Old Peculier".
Dave | Homepage | 17.08.09 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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