Swallows 2024

[uztrac]

Saw my first pair this morning on a field of wheat.

 

[dun tilling]

pair swallows in the garage , north Aberdeenshire must have come up on yesterdays southerly

 

[Hindsight]

First Cuckoo heard Thursday 25th 8.15pm Thurlby Fen near Bourne. Not a Swallow, so soz. But another reminder of the cycle of nature.

 

[Northernlights]

No swallows here but hopefully if it warms up in the next few days they will arrive about 10 days later than average but who can blame them with the weather we have had.

 

[Dave6170]

Swallows and house martins back yesterday

 

[spanners and hammers]

only seen two here so far which is late , hope it just the weather thats keeping them away . had over 20mm overnight and it not stopped yet

 

[nails]

Still not here yet but i heard a Cuckoo yesterday . They are getting rare round here,did not hear one last year.

 

[Danllan]

Still not here yet but i heard a Cuckoo yesterday . They are getting rare round here,did not hear one last year.

Yep, only heard a cuckoo once last year, nothing this year so far.

I remember, visiting family here and at home in Herts, in the 70's and 80s that the cuckoos were really common and even seemed 'loud', and finding their eggs wasn't that rare a thing.

 

[MrNoo]

Resident swallows arrived back here this morning, lovely to see. 3 weeks later than normal, lets hope their arrival heralds better weather, a lovely warm day here today.

 

[uztrac]

Seen and heard my first cuckoo of 24,this morning at 09.30 in Brancaster on the North Norfolk coast.Magic it has returned to the same place as in previous years.

 

[Red Fred]

Still not here yet but i heard a Cuckoo yesterday . They are getting rare round here,did not hear one last year.

We heard a cuckoo but still no swallows. I was told the sand martins are back at the nature reserve/lakes a couple of weeks ago.

 

[MrNoo]

not heard a cuckoo for years here

 

[Lazy Sod]

We've had our first swallow back at our stables this morning, hopefully another one will be along soon

 

[goodevans]

Ploughing for fodderbeet today and had to move 1 nest and lift plough on another for 2 sitting lapwings,they soon came back to sit

 

[Av Gorritt]

Still none for me , I'm beginning to think that they may have crossed me off their list . Never failed yet so I suppose there's still time , but I wish they'd hurry up !

 

[Ramrod]

First pair today

 

[Macsky]

Just saw the first Swallow tonight.

 

[thorpe]

Still none for me , I'm beginning to think that they may have crossed me off their list . Never failed yet so I suppose there's still time , but I wish they'd hurry up !

hope they don't fail for you! piled in here the last 2 day's been at my mate's 6 mile's away a fortnight.

 

[Danllan]

Still none for me , I'm beginning to think that they may have crossed me off their list . Never failed yet so I suppose there's still time , but I wish they'd hurry up !

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hope they don't fail for you! piled in here the last 2 day's been at my mate's 6 mile's away a fortnight.

A friend less than three miles away had his swallows turn up a fortnight before ours did; it must be down to either taking different routes or starting from different places. People on here far North of us had their swallows come well before ours too.

Of course Chinese-supplied mist-nets in N + W Africa will be taking their toll...

 

[robs1]

We had some more turn up this week so lots of noisy chirping now.
It's a shame packham and moonbot don't make a lot more fuss about the netting instead of moaning about us