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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fozzybear" data-source="post: 2813159" data-attributes="member: 69297">Lovely to see young martins, I've not seen that much of them this year though there were the usual party collecting mud at the river on my patch. I did see a sand martin on the wires amongst the swallows at the mill last week though, which was lovely as I like those even more than house martins!My tame collared dove is 'still' around, and still looking good - she really is quite a few years old now, I'm always surprised to see her when she turns up after disappearing for a while, especially with so much sparrowhawk activity! My new regular, rather moth-eaten, robin is coming to see me regularly for suet and gathered the courage to take a piece from my hand yesterday, though whether it will repeat it is touch and go - some birds go for it in a bold way after the first try (which my old dove did) but others never really lose their nervousness and keep their distance, sometimes not repeating it.</blockquote>