Summer Birds

Swallows have arrived back in East Meon this week, after their epic journey from southern Africa. The are around two weeks later than last year, when they were first seen on 6 April.

Swifts have arrived back in East Meon. They have travelled all the way from south of the Sahara Desert in Africa. Their screeching and swooping is one of the real indicators of summer. Due to our cold and miserable spring they are quite late arriving this year.