What Spring Migrants have you seen so far, 2022 (4 Viewers)

[Val35]

More birds arrived during the weekend : booted eagle, black crowned night heron, tree pipit, gull billed tern, eastern subalpine warbler, garganey, black winged stilt...

 

[Farnboro John]

It's still thin around Farnborough: Chiffchaffs in profusion and Blackcaps substantially up in the last few days, but no other obvious migrants. Even Sand Martins and Little Ringed Plovers, normally first week of March migrants for me, have eluded me locally though I picked up LRP at Pennington yesterday (and, bizarrely, Cuckoo calling at Acres Down where a single Swallow went through North.)

John

 

[KenM]

It's still thin around Farnborough (and, bizarrely, Cuckoo calling at Acres Down

John

Nah….small boys behind a hedge! 😂

 

[Andy Adcock]

Had my first Orphean Warbler today, Swallows are already on nests here.

 

[angusmcoatup]

Spur winged plovers - a pair.

 

[angusmcoatup]

Lots of Orphean warblers today.

 

[mummymonkey]

Only osprey, sand martin & chiffchaff so far. - Perthshire, UK.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Two Great Spotted Cuckoos today.

 

[Jon Turner]

Spotted Crake and finally just in the nick of time (31st today) both House Martin and Swallow over my local pond. Sand Martins around for a while as usual.

 

[Richard D]

First swallows for me on Wednesday - a few days later than normal and I'm yet to see a Sandmartin

 

[Andy Lakin]

I wonder how many of the recently returned hirundines will have succumbed to the weather over the last few days. Does anybody know if the various species of hirundines would be equally affected as they 9bviously have slightly different feeding techniques.

 

[birdmeister]

The dam sort of broke today, in a good way. The local reservoir had Wilson's Snipe, 1 each Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Barn Swallow, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

That, and frame-filling scope views at 30m or less of a Long-tailed Duck pair and 3 Horned (Slavonian) Grebes! One of the grebes was calling, too, a new experience for me.

 

[Val35]

We're experiencing crazy weather in Corsica these days : rain, wind and even snow at low elevation. Very unusual for this time of the year.

Yesterday on the road from Bastia to Cap Corse, I saw my first of the year Common Whitethroat and Willow Warblers.

Today on my local patch, all the bushes were teeming with life! Passerines probably got stuck by tonight's thunderstorm : Willow Warblers, Common Redstarts, Eastern Subalpine Warblers (2) and a lot of Robins and Black Redstarts.
It is so cold that House Martins were piling up with each other on windows... Never saw that before!

Today's first of the year are : Pied Flycatcher (at least 5,hoping to find a collared!), Moltoni's Warbler (1, it gave it's typical wren like call), Woodchat Shrike (not a local bird, senator ssp) and... a Western Black Eared Wheatear! It's not too common in Corsica but two others have been found at different locations 2 days ago.
It's bird #227 on my Corsica list, very happy to have gone out in spite of the weather!

 

[dandsblair]

First Ring Ouzel of the year and first for a while at Marton Mere in Blackpool, Avocets, LR Plover, Little Stint and Ruff all at Newton Marsh in Lancs.

 

[qwerty5]

Yesterday I saw my first Purple Martin of the year.

 

[aeshna5]

Added a pair of Garganey today that turned up at the London Wetland Centre this morning. The pair avidly feeding at the edge of the channel below the tower & the male displaying to his mate.

 

[Farnboro John]

Osprey through Moor Green this afternoon; also a local Little Ringed Plover there at last. Otherwise stacks of Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs but still no other warblers!

John

 

[angusmcoatup]

Woodchat Shrike gracing the local dump this morning.

 

[KC Foggin]

Quite a few but he latest was Indigo Bunting and Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

 

[Richard D]

First three Wheatear of the year on Saturday