One of my all time favourite birds that visit our garden is the Rainbow Bee-eater. Their colours are all the colours of the rainbow, hence the name. They usually visit our area about this time every year, staying around for most of the spring and summer months. In our winter they fly north where it is warmer.
They have an interesting nesting habit - they make a 30-40cm tunnel in the sand and have a little nesting chamber at the end. This has fascinated me since I was a child growing up on a farm near here.
To read my other blog about birds called Trevor's Birding click here.
