Welcome Home!
We are delighted to welcome back our Swallows to the Prince of Wales School, who are nesting again under the arch of the doorway at the back of the school hall.
British swallows spend their winter in South Africa - they travel through western France, across the Pyrenees, down eastern Spain into Morocco and across the Sahara. Some birds follow the west coast of Africa avoiding the Sahara. Other European swallows travel further east and down the Nile Valley. Swallows put on little weight before migrating.
Migration is a hazardous time and many birds die from starvation, exhaustion and in storms.
Migrating swallows cover 200 miles a day, mainly during daylight, at speeds of 17-22 miles per hour. The maximum flight speed is 35 mph.
Swallows arrive in the UK in April and May. They will return to South Africa in September.
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