We're neck and neck then! Chiffchaff in Scotland in March is pretty amazing, isn't it?
Ha ha, Joanne! Flintshire in Scotland! :-O
As you're not native I'll forgive you!
I note from my records that the earliest date for both Chiffy & Sand martin is March 15th. - but the sun hasn't shone at all today (& anyway I've been at hospital most of the day) so not much is singing.
Ken - Ringed plover is a great fly past!! I've had both LRP & RP on patch - so you never know.
On a brighter note, however, while watching the Long-tailed tits carrying feathers I see that their now completed nest is visible from my watchpoint. (whether it remains so when the bramble is in full leaf I can't tell)
Buds are budding - currently the poplars are popular with tits, finches & pigeons - as their leaves are emerging. A dozen Redwings landed briefly in them too as a Sparrowhawk went through. The hawthorns are busting green as are the wild roses.
I succumbed to buying more niger seed as the Lesser redpolls & Siskins (& Goldfinches) are still a daily spectacle on the feeder.