First Swallow,House Swallow & Sand Martin Of 2025 (1 Viewer)

[Euan Buchan]

Just saw the first House Martin of the year fly over and I’m sure I heard a Swallow but couldn’t confirm.

 

[JTweedie]

I just saw my first Swallows this morning, three of them over the new Partick-Govan bridge in Glasgow, with a fourth a little later. This is my earliest ever.

No sign of any House Martins yet though. I tend not to see them all that often where I am, just the odd one here and there over the summer.

 

[Richard D]

Last Friday for me but a bit further south! A few Swallows a handful of House Martins and a couple of Sand Martins.

 

[aeshna5]

My first Swallow a week ago & another 2 today. No House Martins yet but quite a few Sand Martins over a couple of weeks back at the London Wetland Centre.

 

[Euan Buchan]

I can confirm I’ve seen the first Swallow of 2025.

 

[Green Sandpiper]

Sand Martins today in Uddingston, bizarrely in the same field as 2 Fieldfare.

 

[JTweedie]

Sand Martins today in Uddingston, bizarrely in the same field as 2 Fieldfare.

It's always good to get that seasonal crossover.

 

[Jinac]

First Barn swallows 2 weeks ago here in south France.
And first Cuckoo Friday, earlier than in previous years

 

[tonyfenn]

Saw my 1st swallow yesterday here in Cambridgeshire

 

[Georgebirds]

I had the first Sand martins of the year at Deeping Lakes, 24th March, neither of the other two yet.

A Robin has taken over one of the Swallow nests in my shed, filled the cup in with a neat little nest of dry leaf and hay bits, I'm concerned how the situation will go if the original owners come back to the same spot again this year.

 

[hopster]

Mine last Wednesday in South Wales and now there are quite a few around.

I was in the Algarve in late February and they were everywhere - very early apparently. Good summer coming up?

 

[lizl]

Swallows and house martins in Somerset yesterday. So lovely to see them swooping around inspecting their old nests from last year

 

[WACCOE]

4th April had two Swallows over the house.

 

[Georgebirds]

First swallows today! Several sitting on the phone wires throughout the day, and checking out past nesting sites just above my head in the sheds.

 

[hopster]

First swallows today! Several sitting on the phone wires throughout the day, and checking out past nesting sites just above my head in the sheds.

whereabouts in the UK are you?

 

[Georgebirds]

Fens, near the Wash

 

[Antik]

Had my first barn swallow north of Stockholm, Sweden, a couple of days ago. It's been raining since so no large quantities reported in my area yet.

There's a rhyme in my native Finland that would roughly translate:

A month from skylark to summer
Half a month from chaffinch
A wee bit from a wagtail
and none from the first swallow

I find matches the arrival of summer fairly well here too.

 

[Patudo]

First sand martin: 30 Mar
First swallow: 6 Apr (like quite a few here it seems)
First house martin: today

 

[Patudo]

First swift: yesterday (three)
First hobby: yesterday

(Central London)

 

[WACCOE]

Sand Martin today at Fairburn Ings.