We spotted the first swifts of the year at Rye Meads on 30 April - about a dozen were wheeling high above the visitor centre.
In a sudden rush of activity, we now have most of our migrants back: cuckoo, sedge warbler, blackcap, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, chiffchaff, willow warbler, swallow, common terns, sand martin, house martin, reed warbler, hobby, little ringed plover.
We still haven't seen or heard turtle dove, garden warbler or grasshopper warbler, so let us know if you do!
Joan