First migrant bird arrival dates 2018-2021
Average arrival date
2018
2019
2020 (COVID)
2021
Booming bittern
03 March
--
02 March
Cuckoo
20 April
15 April
19 April
03 May
Garden warbler
30 April
01 May
30 May
Garganey
25 March
29 March
09 March
23 March
15 March
Grasshopper warbler
10 April
18 April
08 March
17 May
Hobby
14 April
29 April
House martin
11 April
13 April
04 Oct
Nightingale
None
Reed warbler
06 April
Sand martin
04 April
02 April
16 March
Sedge warbler
05 April
09 April
Spotted flycatcher
10 May
05 May
19 August
Swallow
27 March
31 March
11 June
Swift
25 April
20 May
26 April
Turtle dove
28 April
Wheatear
Whitethroat
08 April
Willow warbler
01 April
07 March
Yellow wagtail
21 April
13 May
Curlew (passage)
15 Feb
Common tern
Little ringed plover
Ringed plover
11 May
Ruff
02 July
Avocet
19 May
10 March
Dunlin
02 May
Black-tailed godwit
06 June
Common sandpiper
Green sandpiper
03 June
Greenshank
06 May
Wood sandpiper
04 May
Black tern
23 April
NB: We haven’t forgotten to include blackcap and chiffchaff… it’s just that we can’t be sure any seen are genuine migrants as a few stay around the local area during winter!