Update
Chiffchaff - singing birds from 1st March at least
Blackcap - singing birds from 2nd March at least
Ring Ouzel - 16th March, British Camp
White wagtail - 16th March, Lower Moor
Marsh Harrier - 20th March, Upton Warren
Sand Martin - 20th March, Upton Warren (Any earlier?)
Wheatear - 21st March, Wast Hills
LRP - 21st March, sites in 'south Worcs'
Swallow - 22nd March, Upton Warren
House Martin - 23rd March, Westwood Great Pool
Willow Warbler - 24th March, Arrow Valley Lake
Garganey - 28th March, Grimley
Little Gull - 29th March, Kemerton Lake NR
Osprey - 31st March, Upton warren
Common Tern - 3rd April, Upton Warren
Yellow Wagtail - 4th April, Ripple Pits / Clifton Pits
Sedge Warbler - 4th April, Upton Warren
Grasshopper Warbler - 5th April, Salwarpe
Sandwich Tern - 7th April, Westwood Great Pool
Hobby - 7th April, Welland
Common Whitethroat - 'a few days before the 10th April', British Camp (firm date required)
Common sandpiper - 9th April, Upton Warren
Reed Warbler - 9th April, Upton Warren
Tree Pipit - 10th April, Swinyard Hill
Common Redstart - 10th April, British Camp
Whimbrel - 11th April, Upton Warren
Spotted Flycatcher - 11th April, Broughton Hacket*
Swift - 11th April, Welland
Lesser Whitethroat - 12th April, Upton Warren
Cuckoo - 12th April, Castlemorton Common
Wood Warbler - 13th April, Knowles Coppice, Wyre Forest
Garden Warbler - 16th April - Upton Warren / Copcut, Droitwich
Pied Flycatcher - 16th April - Wyre Forest ("other side track from Knowles Coppice and upstream of lodge hill farm") presumably this was in Worcs rather than Shrops? If not, then male noted in Knowles Coppice 5 days later.
Ruff - 20th April - Grimley
Arctic Tern - 20th April - Ripple Pits
Whinchat - 21st April - Walton Hill
Greenland race Wheatear - 21st April - Clifton Pits
Whimbrel - 21st April - Bredon's Hardwick / Upper Bittel
* Earliest ever return date for this species in the WMBC region
Hope I've got them all - Once again, please notify of any additions or corrections. Cheers
Now I'm off back out into the field :t: