Term Gallery logo

Значения термина house martin на английском

Common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses.

        Использование термина house martin на английском
        1
        During the summer a house martin's nest with four chicks fell off the wall of my neighbour's house.
        The Irish Times
        2
        I suggest that you let the house martins take their chance.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Last year, house martins constructed a nest on the gable end of my house facing eastwards.
        The Irish Times
        4
        No, the latter were not house martins, unfortunately.
        The Irish Times
        5
        About late June I noticed an absence of house martins, and in August I took down the nests.
        The Irish Times
        6
        As far as I could see, it was not a competitor or a predator of the house martins.
        The Irish Times
        7
        I spotted a kestrel being buzzed by three house martins over a field well away from the house martins' nests.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Madam, - While playing golf at Bantry Golf Club last Wednesday I saw four house martins flying above the 10th green.
        The Irish Times
        9
        - Paul Lennon, Banbridge, Co Down The house martins were probably protecting fledglings from the kestrel.
        The Irish Times
        10
        "Tracy said that come spring a pair of house martins nested in that pear tree."
        The bourne objective
        11
        "I'm looking for the house martins."
        The bourne objective
        12
        "It is a shame to see how the pretty house martins are decreasing in this country at the hand of the sparrows," he continued.
        "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character