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| One of the Cleethorpes birds at its soon-to-be destroyed nest |
THERE is sad news to report on what were believed to the last two nesting pairs of housemartins on Cleethorpes seafront.
The birds - which are slightly larger than sparrows - arrived late this year from southern Africa, a perilous migration that involved crossing the Sahara.
But one pair's nest was dislodged soon after it had been built, while the other pair was disturbed, and the birds never completed making their nest (from wet sand collected from the beach).
What happened last week is a recurrence of what happened last year.
Related to swallows, housemartins are in decline in Britain, partly because there are fewer flying insects for them to feed on.
However, they are also in freefall because many property occupiers (of the human variety) dislike them and dislodge their nests.
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| This martin never had the opportunity to build its nest |
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