Traditionally, British sailors would get a barn swallow tattoo after traveling 5,000 nautical miles. The bird symbolized the ...

They were always a welcome with a sighting of a swallow giving hope that land was just within reach. Within sailor communities a swallow tattoo used ... out bat and barn owl surveys - so nice ...

The photos, taken last October, show barn swallows flying over a cemetery in France before settling and taking in the view high above a French cemetery. These agile birds perched on the wires and ...