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  • 07-04-2018 11:51am
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    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,915 ✭✭✭


    Working on the farm this morning and stopped for a mug of tea. Looked up and our first swallow of the year. Makes you feel good.
    Co. Leitrim.


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    vistafinder
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭vistafinder


    1 Swallow passed over on Thursday.

    A nice few Willow Warbler's singing this evening.

    Plenty of bumble bees on the tips of the willow tree's collecting pollen.

    And a bit of heat off the sun today.


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    Del.Monte
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    A couple of Martins - viewed a long way off - here today. Spring has finally sprung - hopefully. :)

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    Birdnuts
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    Everything very late - only had Chiffchaffs late last week while had first Swallow 2day


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    recedite
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    vistafinder wrote: »
    1 Swallow passed over on Thursday.

    A nice few Willow Warbler's singing this evening.

    Plenty of bumble bees on the tips of the willow tree's collecting pollen.

    And a bit of heat off the sun today.
    Is this a Haiku poem?
    You're a poet, even if you don't know it!


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    whyulittle
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    Heard and saw my first Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs of the season today, yay!


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    vistafinder
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    Chiffchaff here too yesterday.

    Might have another poem by the end of the week at this rate. :)


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    Half-cocked
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    Have had a Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler visiting the bottom of the garden for the last 2 weeks. I just can't tell which it is and it won't sing for me to identify itself.


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    Bsal
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    Spotted a couple of swallows in Swords on Monday morning :)


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    magicbastarder
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    the hedgehogs in the garden decided to wake up this week.


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    Graces7
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    Looking forward to this my first summer here on an Atlantic island . Already the seals are back from deep fishing waters, following the ferry to watch us. A friend is sending me binoculars

    Seen puffins and shags ..lark going utterly rapturous


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    wexandproud
    Registered Users Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭wexandproud


    hadn't seen either swallow or terns up to the first of April , was away for a week then . Lots of terns have arrived around the kilmore and wexford harbour in that week , still no sign of a swallow
    saw a pair of sea eagles while away , thrilled with that


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    OpenYourEyes
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    A few Swallows in Roscommon over the weekend too!


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    magicbastarder
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    Again, not a visitor per se, but we're standing on the bank of the nore directly below kilkenny castle and there are bats hunting overhead. First I've seen this year.


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    magicbastarder
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    Heh. 30 seconds after I posted that, my wife spotted what was the first of two otters swimming down the river.


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    Del.Monte
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    The Sand Martins are back today inspecting their stone wall nest site. They managed two broods last year so here's hoping! I really must try to get some better footage this time.

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    Tiercel Dave
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    Thought I might have vaguely sensed a Cuckoo in the distance yesterday but definitely heard him this morning! East Galway


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    OldRio
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    Heard the cuckoo this morning. Loud and very proud. And he's brought something with him. Sunshine.:-)
    Leitrim.


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    Graces7
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    Will miss the cuckoo; I get the impression we will not get cuckoos, swallows etc out here?


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    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Graces7 wrote: »
    Will miss the cuckoo; I get the impression we will not get cuckoos, swallows etc out here?

    Whereabouts are ya Graces?.....


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Not a sign of any summer migrants here in the North East. Swallows usually arrive between 1st and 6th April and the latest I have in my records was 20th April.


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    whyulittle
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    First Swallows and Sand Martins here today.


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    ThunderCat
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    Katie Hundreds Gladiator wrote: »
    Not a sign of any summer migrants here in the North East. Swallows usually arrive between 1st and 6th April and the latest I have in my records was 20th April.



    We have Swallows here just south of Drogheda so depending on how far North in the North East you are it shouldn't be long before you see one.


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    Graces7
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    Tiercel Dave wrote: »
    Whereabouts are ya Graces?.....

    Offshore island West Mayo. Very exposed


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    Yester
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    Just spotted the first one arriving. Deligted to see it (tempered by the fact that my shed will soon be covered in ****e again)


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    pawrick
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    My first swallow arrived back to my shed about 2 weeks ago near Athlone, still no sign of any others yet. They performed really well last year rearing two broods in my shed.


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    vistafinder
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    Heard the Cuckoo twice today from two different directions but not at the same time so hopefully there are at least 2 around.

    Happy out now. Always worry that that beautiful sound will vanish from our countryside.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It has now set a new 39 year record for the late arrival swallows here. I have yet to see one.


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    DBB
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    Katie Hundreds Gladiator wrote: »
    It has now set a new 39 year record for the late arrival swallows here. I have yet to see one.

    I've been gazing at the sky for several weeks, wondering where on earth they could be here in North Offaly. An hour ago, a pair landed on the phone line outside my sitting room window! Delighted... Summer is finally here too!
    Heard the first chiffchaff earlier this week, and keeping an ear out for the cuckoo.


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    griffin100
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    Firat swallow of the year here in Carlow today. Also had first sighting of a bat over the weekend. Won't be long until my house is mobbed by both depending on the time of day :)


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    pawrick
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    pawrick wrote: »
    My first swallow arrived back to my shed about 2 weeks ago near Athlone, still no sign of any others yet. They performed really well last year rearing two broods in my shed.

    2 more appeared in the garden yesterday. Only one in my shed at night however when i checked.


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