twenty Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Four Sand Martins reported over Slimbridge WWT yesterday (11/3/22), heading North,........first sightings of the year ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redial Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Saw a lot last year at Severn Valley Park. I will be checking it out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 Sand martins reported at Blithfield reservoir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsontour Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 I ain't seen anything yet but one of there favourite haunts is only a few miles away and they swarm there en-mass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 12/03/2022 at 12:09, mgsontour said: I ain't seen anything yet but one of there favourite haunts is only a few miles away and they swarm there en-mass Lucky you, seem very scarce here like all of their relatives, diminishing rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsontour Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 4 hours ago, old man said: Lucky you, seem very scarce here like all of their relatives, diminishing rapidly. Most years there are plenty, never counted them but there are plenty holes and if they were pigeons I would take a slab of carts not a box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 On 12/03/2022 at 07:52, twenty said: Four Sand Martins reported over Slimbridge WWT yesterday (11/3/22), heading North,........first sightings of the year ? I think they must be. I'm assuming they're not over-wintering birds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted March 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said: I think they must be. I'm assuming they're not over-wintering birds? No chris, these are spring migrants, another half dozen reported yesterday (12/3/22) around Frampton sailing lake, and Frampton Court lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 3 hours ago, twenty said: No chris, these are spring migrants, another half dozen reported yesterday (12/3/22) around Frampton sailing lake, and Frampton Court lake. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernel gadaffi Posted March 13, 2022 Report Share Posted March 13, 2022 Didn't see a sand martin at all last year, but it was April 15th before the first swallow was seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 May be lucky here this year to see in local air space 1 pair swifts, 2 pairs swallows and 2 pairs hose martins? Massive declines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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