Well spring is well and truly upon us so time to have a look in the note books
How do your first and last dates for summer migrant compare to the reserves database ?
Let me know if you have earlier or later dates from the reserve
Vernacular Earliest Latest
Garganey 13-Mar 21-Dec
Black Kite 08-Jun 23-Jun
Marsh Harrier 04-Jan 11-Nov
Osprey 20-Mar 18-Oct
Hobby 11-Apr 16-Oct
Spotted Crake 12-Aug 24-Sep
Little Ringed Plover 07-Mar 20-Sep
Temminck's Stint 04-May 13-Jul
Pectoral Sandpiper 25-Apr 01-Oct
Curlew Sandpiper 04-Mar 15-Nov
Wood Sandpiper 28-Apr 29-Sep
Wilson's Phalarope 18-Aug 20-Aug
Sandwich Tern 15-Mar 17-Oct
Roseate Tern 20-Jun 17-Jul
Common Tern 29-Mar 15-Oct
Arctic Tern 02-May 29-Oct
Little Tern 13-Apr 24-Aug
Black Tern 17-Apr 31-Oct
Turtle Dove 09-May 01-Sep
Cuckoo 15-Apr 01-Sep
Swift 19-Apr 18-Nov
Sand Martin 28-Feb 05-Oct
Swallow 09-Mar 19-Nov
House Martin 08-Mar 09-Nov
Tree Pipit 07-May 02-Oct
Yellow Wagtail 25-Mar 12-Oct
White Wagtail 13-Mar 23-Sep
Redstart 07-Apr 12-Nov
Whinchat 21-Apr 31-Oct
Wheatear 24-Feb 17-Dec
Grasshopper Warbler 13-Apr 29-Jun
Sedge Warbler 30-Mar 06-Oct
Reed Warbler 06-Apr 30-Oct
Lesser Whitethroat 23-Apr 19-Sep
Whitethroat 31-Mar 10-Nov
Garden Warbler 01-Apr 05-Nov
Blackcap 01-Jan 12-Dec
Yellow-browed Warbler 27-Oct 12-Nov
Wood Warbler 25-Apr 11-May
Willow Warbler 08-Mar 06-Oct
Spotted Flycatcher 16-Apr 26-Sep
Pied Flycatcher 15-Aug 04-Sep
Golden Oriole 12-May 03-Jun
Red-backed Shrike 07-Jun 27-Sep