House Martins feeding their young - UPDATED 29th June

[mattyh]

But I thought I'd share them anyway...

The nest is hidden right under the eaves of the house, so I was at ISO 800 at full stretch with the 70-200 + 2x converter on, and it's not long enough :bang:

Anyway, here they are:

1. Where's mum, I'm starving!!

2. Me first, me first, me first!

3. nom nom nom nom

No crit required, I know they're not great, but I feel quite lucky to have a nest on the house, so I thought I share

 

[Janice]

Not great? They are superb, Matty! Its great to see the action there, but there is nothing wrong technically with the pictures either.

 

[Werecow]

Hehe i love number 1. great eyebrows

I think they're house martins by the way

 

[Jo]

Lovely shots Matty They are House Martins though hun

 

[Glitter]

Wonderful shots... you lucky tog you.

 

[mattyh]

Lovely shots Matty They are House Martins though hun

I know nothing about birds.... well, ones with wings at least :nono:

I'll change the title now, thanks for all your comments, will have another attempt soon

 

[jeangenie]

Wow - well spotted - that nest looks very well hidden. The pics are great. Look forward to seeing more of the babies when they 'get their wings'.

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

am I the only one now singing Housemartins songs in my head? "Every women, every man, join the caravan...."

*ahem*

lovely shots too Matty me knowing nothing about birds and nesting too - how the heck do them little ones get out of the nest eventually? looks a bit of a squeeze!

 

[oldgit]

great shots

every mouthful of that nest carefuly spat out by Mam or Dad phtewee

 

[mattyh]

am I the only one now singing Housemartins songs in my head? "Every women, every man, join the caravan...."

*ahem*

lovely shots too Matty me knowing nothing about birds and nesting too - how the heck do them little ones get out of the nest eventually? looks a bit of a squeeze!

Whats more mindboggling is how do mum & dad get IN there!

And I've never heard that song

I'm really happy that these have got a positive reaction, so thanks very much everyone

 

[baldwyn]

Used to have bats in our loft - Bit harder to get a photo of

 

[hillwalkinggirl]

Lovely photos - I'm so glad you haven't knocked their nest down to paint the house. We used to have lots around but everyone seems to have destroyed their nests to do house renovation- urgh.

 

[mattyh]

:shake: You'd think people would just leave them.... not exactly like they're an eyesore! This nest has been there a few years by all accounts, and it's on brickwork so no chance of it being painted

 

[hillwalkinggirl]

:shake: You'd think people would just leave them.... not exactly like they're an eyesore! This nest has been there a few years by all accounts, and it's on brickwork so no chance of it being painted

I'm so glad to hear that - I just love those birds.

 

[jeangenie]

great shots

every mouthful of that nest carefuly spat out by Mam or Dad phtewee

What on earth do they spit out, oldgit?

 

[Ladybird]

am I the only one now singing Housemartins songs in my head? "Every women, every man, join the caravan...."

*ahem*

lovely shots too Matty me knowing nothing about birds and nesting too -
how the heck do them little ones get out of the nest eventually? looks a bit of a squeeze!

Exactly my thoughts! How?

Really fab shots!!!!!!!

 

[fracster]

What on earth do they spit out, oldgit?

Mud,grass and phlegm mixed up............

 

[Duckydoodle]

Great shots Matty

 

[mattyh]

Took a few more of these today... little 'uns aren't so little anymore

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[IanC_UK]

1 and 2 of the new set are superb

 

[Betty]

Aw!!!! Big buggers

 

[Just Dave]

beautiful

 

[Venomator]

These are all excellent Matty ... ... and the latest additions make a great on-going story ...

 

[Cobra]

1 and 2 of the new set are superb

Yep I agree very nice

 

[erding]

1 and 2 of the new set are superb