billytheghillie Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Seen my 1st pair of swallows today up here near Kelso, no doubt you southern boys will have seen them earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Not seen one yet but heard my first cuckoo on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted April 26 Author Report Share Posted April 26 12 minutes ago, samboy said: Not seen one yet but heard my first cuckoo on Monday. What neck of the woods are you in Sam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 no swallows here yet ..........heard the cookuu at4.16 in the morning (got up to have a tiddle and close the window) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamch Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Saw a martin or swallow on April 11th - was driving hence uncertainty on which it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nublue 22 Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 (edited) Stafford last Friday one Swallow, it all ways puts a little warmth in my heart and a tear in my eyes, there's so much dissappearing I hope in the short time I have left they don't fail to turn up. Edited April 26 by Nublue 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Cuckoo on Tuesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodach Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Can't wait to see them, just back from South Africa last Saturday saw plenty on our visit, can't believe such small birds can migrate over 6,000 miles👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Not here yet they nest in the same place year after year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamwansbeck Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Swallows today ,mid Northumberland, a few days late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 Arrived in my corner of Norfolk this week… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robden Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 9 hours ago, grahamch said: Saw a martin or swallow on April 11th - was driving hence uncertainty on which it was They are damn cheating birds.......what was it driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian willetts Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 I have them started to build nests in the pig shed been here about a week in Durham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 11 hours ago, billytheghillie said: What neck of the woods are you in Sam. Rainham Essex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 The wait continue , no doubt they are already here but I have been in the wrong place at the wrong time , every month seem to create some sort of weather record but this April have been so cold and wet , even this morning it was cold and raining hard when I went out around 7am and my heating is on , I have just put my damp trousers on one of the rads to dry out , according to the met office it should improve next week , hopefully . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzyvilla Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 Saw two house martins flitting about at chalk farm near Swaffham last Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted April 27 Author Report Share Posted April 27 Great reports guys, and you are even putting locations on 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrwood Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Was fishing with my son and this little robin was happy helping himself to our bait!! No fear in him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandango Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Seen the first swallow 7th April,, well seen 3, next day there were dozens of them along with sand martins,, house martins are also here and at early evening there literally dozens feeding over the field and are a mix of sand / house and swallows. heard the first cuckoos yesterday, three calling to each other from separate woods across a valley,, also the terns are showing along the shore…. So it’s official summer is here in west Cumbria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Corncrake today. no swallows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Today was the first decent morning weather wise we have had for ages , I was yarning to a bird watcher along the river wall this morning and just as I said to him I expect to see my first Swallow any day now it have started to warm up , it was if by magic one came past and circled us a couple of times before it carried on to where it was making for , I know one don't make a Summer but it is also nice seeing your first one . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 I saw our first Swallow at the farm in South Hertfordshire on 8 April, a tad earlier than normal. I also saw the first Swift of the season zipping over the NT Ashridge Estate near Berkhamsted, Herts on Saturday morning. Cat.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 First Swallow 18th April, about a week later than last year (I remember as its my Daughters birthday). Heard my first Cuckoo heard in the woods on Saturday 27th April, mind I have not been there for a week or two so may of arrived a bit earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 23 hours ago, islandgun said: Corncrake today. no swallows Bloody show off! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 2 hours ago, Penelope said: Bloody show off! 😁 You can have them mate, what a racket at 4 in the morning, add a cuckoo or two, just glad im deaf in one ear..😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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