Only two martins back

Like a renewed promise of faith, a pair of house martins returned on May 2nd. They perch on the telephone wire as before, to preen and chatter between swooping off to catch invisible things in the sky. After three weeks, they remain the only ones to return out of the dozen or more that left, so it must have been a bad migratory winter. Sadly, the eaves where they nested last year are being repainted at this minute, so they will have to find a new home. Fingers crossed for them