Stephen Moss on the Swallow
Writer Stephen Moss will soon lament the swallows, now over his village in Somerset, readying themselves to fly to Africa for the winter.
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In his Somerset village, nature writer Stephen Moss enjoys the swallows that come to breed in the summer and fly around his home hawking for insects. Come September though, they will begin to head back to Africa to enjoy a second spring, a remarkable round trip of 20,000 kilometres for this globally widespread bird, that has even been recorded in Antarctica.
Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio in Bristol
Studio Engineer : Caitlin Gazeley
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- Sun 22 Sep 202408:58BBC Radio 4
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