Previous dates of the first swallow sighted:
2016 – 10/04
2015 – 21/04
2014 – 19/04
This year it was two days earlier than last year, the 08th April,
and they couldn’t have picked a better weekend to return – blue skies and temperatures
of 20c.
With the continuous sounds of chiffchaffs, blue tits, great tits,
robins and blackbirds reverberating around the countryside near the garden, one
quick burst of a swallow song suddenly emerged.
And there on a telegraph wire, well where else…, was the single swallow
announcing his/her arrival.
With cooler temperatures expected for the next week (and typically
Easter Bank Holiday) the first swallows to arrive back for the breeding season
are unlikely to be in a sudden rush to build a nest.
Talking of nests, the blue tit one is looking almost complete, with
both male and female birds taking turns to go in the nest box and create what
is hoped to be a place to lay the eggs to hatch the next generation.
There appears to be feathers and hair discarded by the local horses now
being brought in to line the nest; being carefully woven in to the dried grass
and moss that is already there.
Moss is also being used for some of the other nest boxes, just not the
other camera nest box.
It appears at least one of the triple next box is being used, but the
next box with the other camera in is still being ignored.
The warm weather over the weekend has meant the wildlife in and around
the garden is emerging from every nook and cranny that it’s been hiding away
for the winter in.
Spring is most definitely here and the wildlife knows it.
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