break the cycle

A short but pleasant one here; a small cycle ride round the lagoons and back, mid-May, for fitness rather than photos. We only stopped once - at the Esk Estuary because there were starlings and swallows buzzing the area and it was respectably sunny. We had only taken B cameras as there were no specific plans to photo anything, but it would be against the law to take no cameras. So B cameras were carried in back packs / pannier bags and about 20 decent photos taken. 16-05-26.starling on top of the building before you go round the lagoonsswallows on the wiressand martinstarlings had a nest in this building endcoming and going with a regular delivery service of caterpillarsWe weren't always excited about swallows. Actually not entirely true. I'd often see them flying back and forth, low-level above the playing fields of Holyrood beside the Palace. And try to capture their swooping passes with the camera. Not easy as they seem to go 90mph. They are spectacular fliers, and with very little…