House Martins

BBC: Science & Nature - House Martin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3026.shtml
Find out about bird that feeds on insects and uses a strange construction method to build nests. Includes distribution, habitat, behaviour, and reproduction data.

Birds of Britain - House Martin
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/house-martin.htm
Investigates the bird’s nest building and foraging behaviour. Tells of birds that nest on ferry ships.

British Garden Birds - House Martin
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/housemartin.htm
Hear audio clip of house martin and read description, feeding, and breeding behaviour. Silhouette drawings of “swallow family” to help identification.

British Trust for Ornithology - House Martin, Delichon urbica http://www.bto.org/migwatch/text/species/houma.htm
Gain knowledge about house martins visiting UK in summer with distribution map showing saturated and less popular areas. Also timetable when they arrive and leave.

British Trust for Ornithology - Houses for House Martins
http://www.bto.org/news/news2003/mar-apr/10_house_martins.htm
Check out how people in UK can help the house martin after its long flight from north Africa. Explains how they are not the cleanest of birds.

Hull Biodiversity Partnership - House Martin, Delichon urbica http://www.hull.ac.uk/HBP/ActionPlan/HMartin.htm
Find report from UK local authority suggesting house martins breeding near city centres proves cleaner air. Also legal status plus management, research, and guidance.

London Biodiversity Partnership - House Martin Statement
http://www.lbp.org.uk/03action_pages/ac26_housemartins.html
Find out why partnership was formed and how it is going to arrest declining numbers of house martins reaching UK. Includes contact name and black and white photograph.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The - House Martin http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/h/housemartin/index.asp
Help identification of this bird with unusual wing pattern and tail shape with physical description and colour illustration. Also diet and distribution map

RSPB - How to Make a House Martin Nest
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/whatyoucando/attracthousemartins/make_a_nest.asp
Study instructions about making a wooden nest from The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Also explains where to position it.

Tiscali Reference - House Martin http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_house_martin.html
Pore over details about the bird that is familiar across UK in summer except in Scotland. Includes physical description plus colour image of bird and nest.

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