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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sophy" data-source="post: 1569617" data-attributes="member: 79044"><p>My husband asked me this question a few weeks ago - a couple of hours later he was trying to find where the swallows were building their nest in our shed so I went to have a look - he pointed to where they kept flying to when he was watching them but could find no signs of a nest - I thought for a moment and went to the opposite end of the shed and sure enough there it was built and ready to go - that was when I gave him my answer 'watching them, trying to understand and communicate with them in some way and every day finding out something new about them - fantastic and you don't even have to leave home!'</p></blockquote><p></p>