Sixteen million migratory birds fly to Britain every year from sub-Saharan Africa in a flurry of wing beats that herald the spring. Of the 50 species that make the journey, the best loved are swallows.rnKnown by an array of magical names-golodrina in Spain, the bird that thaws the snow; svala in Sweden, to console; and in Africa inkonjani, the lightning bird, nyankalema, the bird that never gets tired, or giri giri, a magical charm-swallows have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. Th e Minoans painted them on the walls of their houses in 1600BC.
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