Single swallow today around lunchtime. Spotted him flying with a group of three Redwings and a single Chaffinch which seems like odd company for a bird that should be thinking about a long flight away from our shores.
Swallow flying with (just ahead of) Redwings over Chipstable on Saturday 19th Oct; as if the Redwings were filling up the air space and displacing the Swallow southwards... Fully 10 days later than we have seen Swallows here in 14 years.