Swifts/Swallows?

[St Germain]

Their arrival seems to get earlier every year. Has anyone spotted any yet?

[Robinia]

Not yet here in Derbyshire, but with this warm spell it wouldn't surprise me if they're early. They normally arrive during the first week in May & I usually put a celebratory thread on here. :o)

[lafrancaise]

They've just arrived here north of Paris so summer is finally here....

[Cetti]

Just had a look in my diary and they arrived May 3rd last year, (in Dorset, that is) so any time now.

The first Swallows have been here quite a while, although I've only seen one lonesome little bird.

[heathfield]

Friend who is a market gardener spotted two birds last Sunday. He only caught a glimpse, so he's unsure whether they were swallows or house martins. Either way, they're nearly a month early here, just north of Dundee.

[spudqueen]

Funny you should ask, saw my first swallow this morning here in Lancashire. Just the one though.

[St Germain]

I'm pretty sure I saw one last Tuesday - a swallow, just the one on a phone wire. Not particularly sure, though (I was driving past at the time).

[foxyflugel]

Mine come back every year to the same stable and have about 2/3 lots of young. There is only 1 though!! and it has been here in South Yorkshire about 2 weeks.