Some evenings they are perched on the rain gutter then swoop in as I approach to close the door. Barn swallows typically have a red face, an upper part body covered in blue feathers and a white bottom. Hello, we live in Mount St Patrick in Dacre, Ontario and we are lucky enough to have barn swallows they have had two sets of babies this summer both in a high tree and in our shed. Although the Swallow has declined in numbers across much of Europe, the UK population is reasonably stable when viewed over many decades. They are about 6.
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