At 9:00 am this morning there was a Grashopper Warbler singing from Winterton Marsh behind the house, and also a disgruntled Swallow flying up to the currently blocked window in our old army pumphouse. We swiftly removed the temporary winter covering - they caught us out by returning too early, several days before the previous earliest date. I hope they were not put off - they have been doing a bit of twittering from the wires so hopefully it will all be OK. There were actually two Swallows involved - couldn't see whether it was two males or a pair - usually the females don't arrive till a few days after the males.
