Guest Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 I just love this time of the year, with the first swallows arriving back and so much to look forward to! Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Ooh you lucky thing! Love the return of the swallows, we don't see them ooop North till between the 18th and 21st. Would be great if we could track sightings up the country! We get sand martins first, then swallows, then house martins and last are the swifts. Quote
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 BBC Springwatch would like viewers to go to their website and report when certain spring things happen, one of them is the return of the swallows, along with oak leaves bursting out! In their proper springwatch programme they are going to show just how spring moves up the country Quote
AnonyMouse_8282 Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 We used to have hundreds of swallows around our way - now we have to actually look for them I'm going the springwatch website though, to see what I can add! :1b :1b Quote
AnonyMouse_5970 Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 I thought they were a bit optimistic about the oak leaves. He said "In a couple of weeks this tree will be transformed" standing beside a bare oak. I'd say give it a good six weeks yet, but maybe I'll be proved wrong! Quote
Guest Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 I was lucky enough to go to the Rutland Water over the holiday and an osprey had just arrived back - it had a transmitter on and had been tracked flying all by itself from Senegal - amazing feat. Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 We get them on Bassenthwaite too. Don't know if they've arrived yet. Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Swallows arrived yesterday, and some on the wires this morning too. Fabulous! Quote
AnonyMouse_8282 Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 We may be low on swallows, but our oaks are all going mad this week! The one in my garden is still quiet bare- but the one opposite, and all the others along the road are all now well on the way. Also have seen quiet a few wrens in the garden if I sit quiet enough :1b xx Quote
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Ooh I'd better go and check our oaks! We have three in the garden - I noticed that the hazel is well on already, and the birch are showing signs of opening, but I didn't get as far as the oaks or the ashes Quote
AnonyMouse_8282 Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Ooh I'd better go and check our oaks! We have three in the garden - I noticed that the hazel is well on already, and the birch are showing signs of opening, but I didn't get as far as the oaks or the ashes We have three ashes - 2 ours, 1 next door and they totally fascinate me. Every year they are each about 2 weeks difference - same cycle every year. Neighbours first, then ours, always same sequence of trees. 1 Quote
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