Our first pair of swallows are here this morning in Wiltshire.One sat on the line preening and then warbling away, and the other flying around catching insects. The Chiff Chaffs have been here for over a week.
Fritillary, I trust they will come in to West Wilts soon. Be sure and send them this way! I have opened the door to our barn where they raised young last year. How I love them!
We moved here (mid-Devon) last November, and there were House Martins' nests under the eaves; I can't wait for them to arrive, since I've never had the pleasure of them in any house I've lived in.
Saw the first swallow here on Friday April 8th - that's about two weeks earlier than usual. I reckon the first sightings I have are those of birds which are in fact en route to somewhere further north than here, as they usually only stay for a few hours and then fly away. They seem to rest a bit on the telegraph wires and presumably try to find some food of sorts before continuing their journey. What I call the "local" ones seem to arrive at least three weeks after I see the very first one.
I'm sure I heard swallows as I sat with Ma yesterday overlooking Southwold Common, but I couldn't see any and I didn't hear them again - maybe they were an advance guard just hitting the coast
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Our first pair of swallows are here this morning in Wiltshire.One sat on the line preening and then warbling away, and the other flying around catching insects. The Chiff Chaffs have been here for over a week.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Fritillary, I trust they will come in to West Wilts soon. Be sure and send them this way! I have opened the door to our barn where they raised young last year. How I love them!
Lots in the Vendée last week but none here yet. We get house martins mostly.
We moved here (mid-Devon) last November, and there were House Martins' nests under the eaves; I can't wait for them to arrive, since I've never had the pleasure of them in any house I've lived in.
The swallows and hoopoe have now arrived at long last.
Saw the first swallow here on Friday April 8th - that's about two weeks earlier than usual. I reckon the first sightings I have are those of birds which are in fact en route to somewhere further north than here, as they usually only stay for a few hours and then fly away. They seem to rest a bit on the telegraph wires and presumably try to find some food of sorts before continuing their journey. What I call the "local" ones seem to arrive at least three weeks after I see the very first one.
I'm sure I heard swallows as I sat with Ma yesterday overlooking Southwold Common, but I couldn't see any and I didn't hear them again - maybe they were an advance guard just hitting the coast
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.