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It had managed to get up there, but seemed very uncertain about a way down.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/squirrel_telephone_pole_0308119460.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/squirrel_telephone_pole_0308119464.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>I presume it made a safe escape. It was long gone by the time I got home this evening. <\/p>\n<p>And now to the main part of the post. I&#39;ve been photographing the local swallows and house martins on a regular basis over the past few weeks, and today I spotted the very distinctive nest of a house martin, clamped to the eaves of the local church.<\/p>\n<p>I settled down to watch, and sure enough after a few minutes a little head peeked out.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/house_martin_nest_0308119570.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Just in time to greet the incoming parent.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/house_martin_nest_0308119577.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/house_martin_nest_0308119582.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The parent(s) were back and forth regularly over the next half hour. Many mouths to feed!<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/house_martin_nest_0308119626.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Storms are threatened for tomorrow, but you can be sure I&#39;ll be back there when the summer weather returns on Friday. \ud83d\ude42<br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><i>Camera note: squirrel shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. 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