Early & Late Dates for Summer Visitors 2016

The table has been arranged in date order for the ’10 year average’ arrival dates for the SECOS recording area prior to the Sandbach Flashes report standing alone and not including other SECOS records as I don’t have specific Sandbach Flashes information.

ArrivalsDepartures
SpeciesDates In 2016Earliest RecordedDates Out 2016Latest Recorded
Little Ringed Plover30-03-201605-03-201612-08-201616-10-1985
Sand Martin24-03-201611-03-200801-10-201624-11-1972
Swallow24-04-201610-02-200710-10-201630-11-1974
Willow Warbler03-04-201621-03-200920-09-201627-09-2008
House Martin24-04-201625-03-199529-09-201605-11-1977
Yellow Wagtail06-04-201629-03-198106-09-201627-10-2006
Lesser Whitethroat17-04-201621-03-200002-09-201608-10-2013
Reed Warbler16-04-201610-04-201120-09-201604-10-1998
Common Whitethroat17-04-201611-04-200901-09-201622-09-2011
Sedge Warbler16-04-201610-04-201106-10-2016*06-10-2016*
Swift22-04-201605-04-198213-08-201603-11-1978
CuckooN/R16-04-1996N/R01-10-1986
Garden Warbler03-05-201616-04-200909-08-201609-09-1983
Hobby22-05-201627-03-199428-09-201608-10-2000
Grasshopper Warbler23-04-201615-04-2009N/R25-09-2010

*Note – 2016 produced the latest Sedge Warbler record.