The first purple martins of the year have been spotted in South Dakota, marking the start of spring migration. These birds travel up to 7,000 miles from Brazil to their breeding grounds in North ...

An artificial bird bank designed to provide a safe nesting site for sand martins has been installed in a nature reserve in the north of the Isle of Man. The 10m (33ft) wide, and 2m (7ft) tall ...

Purple martins are returning from South America. The first "scouts" have been spotted in Michigan. What to know.

And now for one of the more amazing facts about martins: They nest in colonies, which means they are nesting in groups of 10 to 100 pairs of birds. All of this nesting takes place in human-made ...

House martins migrate to the UK between April and May from North Africa. Little is known about where they go in winter. These active birds build their nests nestled below overhanging rock on cliffs or ...

Swallow and house martin Both swallows and martins make their nests from mud pellets, cemented with the bird’s saliva, but although the martin’s nest is a domed construction, built under a ledge, ...