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Barn Swallows World Challenge

2012

We Invite you (all people residing in the Northern Hemisphere)to become apart of the Barn Swallow World Challenge.

We are very interested to discover and map when and where in Europe the Barn Swallows are arriving.

We ask that you send a short email to
angie@barnswallow.co.za
Stating your....

1) Name
2) City / Town
3) Country
4) Date you saw the Barn swallows arriving ?

That's it, become a part of this unique project, no previous experience required. After the swallows have arrived, what dates do they start nesting?
This information will be used to create a chart that might reveal some interesting information.

We look forward to your participation and hearing from you soon
Best Wishes
Angie

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Records of Barn Swallow arrivals and departures worldwide
ongoing - updated as received

Records of Barn Swallow arrivals - North 2012

Date of Arrival	Town	Country	Submitted By
10 May 2012	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	Finland	Kari Hämäläinen
9 May 2012	Rosewell	Scotland	Jacqueline Smith
7 May 2012	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	Finland	Antero Tiihonen
7 May 2012	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	Finland	Markku Pulkkinen
6 May 2012,	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	Finland	Risto Jäntti
4 May 2012	Anglesey	North Wales	Caroline Ellis
4 May 2012	Lapland	Finland	Risto Jäntti
27 April 2012	Edinburgh	Scotland	John Wall
25 April 2012	Cartmel cumbria	UK	Carole Taylor
23 April 2012	Nottingham	England	Dr Angela Turner
22 April 2012	Krusbjerg	Denmark	Svend Jørgensen
19 April 2012	North Cornwall	England	Iain & Serina Bell
14 April 2012	Kilkenny, Wexford	Ireland	Ann Gunning
14 April 2012	Stewarton House, Eddleston, Peebles	Scotland	James Taylor
14 April 2012	North Central Kentucky	USA	Ann Schulmerich
13 April 2012	Lough Arrow, Northwest Ireland	Ireland	Craig Robinson
12 April 2012	Island Funen	Denmark	Kurt Servé
11 April 2012	Sundial Cottage Elveston Drive, East Williamston Tenby Pembrokeshire	England	Beverley Hinksman
11 April 2012	River Cam (north of Cambridge)	England	Kevin Whichello
10 April 2012	Silverton in the county of Devon	England	Chris Catlin
9 April 2012	East Yorkshire	UK	Andrew McDonald
30 March 2012	Stamford Bridge near York	England	Andrew McDonald
28 March 2012	Wonck	Belgium	Ali Aghroum
27 March 2012	Paris	France	Anders Pape Møller
27 March 2012	St Clears	Wales	Peter John
25 March 2012	Piumazzo	Italy	Lamberti Marco
21 March 2012	Tiszafüred	Hungary	Dr. Tibor Szép
20 March 2012	Angmering Nr Worthing, Sussex	UK	Andrew McDonald
14 March 2012	Midtjylland	Denmark	Svend Jørgensen
9 March 2012	Coast of Sussex	UK	John Wakefield
6 February 2012	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	John Wakefield

Barn Swallow Departure - 2012

Date of Departure	Town	Country	Submitted By
31 Narch 2012	Mount Moreland	South Africa	Angie Wilken

Barn Swallow Arrivals - South 2011

Date of Arrival	Town	Country	Submitted By
Roosting Sites reported 2012	Castle Burn, Drakensberg	South Africa	Spectator
Roosting Sites reported 2012	Benoni, JHB, above Korsmans Bird Sanctuary	South Africa	Adolf Hüster
Roosting Sites reported 2011	Illovo river mouth Tongaat river Umhlanga Estuary Umdloti Estuary Everton, masonite factory Glengarry South Broom	South Africa
15 October 2011	Uganda, Lake Victoria (on holiday)	Uganda	Clive Hockly
9 October 2011	Santo Tomas, Davao del norte	Philippines	Ariel Estela
6 October 2011	Mount Moreland, Froggy Pond	South Africa	Angie Wilken
3 October 2011	Mount Moreland, Lake Victoria	South Africa	Clive Hockly
3 October 2011	Zinkwazi	South Africa	Margo Thiel
28 September 2011	Muizenberg	South Africa	Peter Kruger

Barn Swallow Departure

Date of Departure	Country	Submitted By
16 November 2011	Durlston, Dorset, UK	John Wakefield
15 November 2011	Denmark	Svend Jørgensen
12 November 2011	Portland Bill, Dorset. UK	John Wakefield
Ongoing - see links	Guildford\|, UK	John Wakefield
28 September 2011	France	Marc Piel
26 September 2011	Wales	Peter John
20 September 2011	Scotland	Kate Foster
19 September 2011	Eddleston, Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland	James Taylor
12 September 2011	Finland	Risto Jäntti
28 August 2011	Denmark	Svend Jørgensen

Records of Barn Swallow arrivals - North 2011

Date of Arrival	Country	Town / Area	Number of Swallow	Submitted by
Monday 23 May 2011	Finland	Horonkylä, Vesanto	2 swallows (pair)	Anja Laitinen
Saturday 21 May 2011	Finland	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	2 swallows (pair)	Kari Hämäläinen
Sunday 22 May 2011	Finland	Vesamäki, Vesanto	5	Timo Toikkanen
Tuesday 17 May 2011	Finland	Sonkari, Vesanto	2 swallows (pair)	Ari Huuskonen
Friday 13 May 2011	Finland	Vesamäki, Vesanto	2	Markku Väätäinen
Friday 13 May 2011	USA	chatham, massachusetts, on the elbow of cape cod	10:30 EDT about two dozen barn swallows began to swarm - feeding on mayflies	John Newton
Tuesday 10 May 2011	Finland	Vesamäki, Vesanto	1	Ari Vesterinen
Sunday 8 May 2011 - 9.20am	Finland	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	1	Sara Pulkkinen
Saturday 7 May 2011	Finland	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	1	Risto Jäntti
Friday 6 May 2011	Finland	Niinivesi, Inner Savo	1	Antero Tiihonen
Thursday 28-04-2011	Denmark		2	Svend Jørgensen
Friday 22-04-2011	Ireland	Wexford	20 swirling swallows	Ann Gunning
Thursday 21-04-2011	Scotland	Ayr	spotted today	Alex Campbell
Wednesday 20 April 2011	Ireland	Kilkenny	1	Ann Gunning
Wednesday 20 April 2011	Scotland	Stewarton House, Eddleston, Peebles, Scottish Borders	2	James Taylor
Wednesday 20 April 2011	Ireland	Kilmovee County Mayo	2	Mrs Edwards
Sunday 10 April 2011	Ireland	Lough Arrow, Northwest Ireland	12	Craig Robinson
Friday 8 April 2011	Ireland	Rosses Point, Couty Sligo	6 swallows	Sinead Edwards
Monday 4 April 2011	England	Alton, Hampshire	6 swallows	Trevor Snyman
Sunday 3 April 2011	Denmark		migratory swallow, heading North	Svend Jørgensen
Saturday 2 April 2011	West Wales	Ivy Cottage, St Clears	male and female nesting swallows returned	Peter John
Friday 1 April 2011	Eastern France	Near the swiss border	nesting swallows returned	Paula Clements
Tursday 31 March 2011	Belgium	Belgique, North border France	3 to 4	Aghroum
Monday 28 March 2011	West Wales	Ivy Cottage, St Clears	one	Peter John
Thursday 24 March 2011	England	Lutley Wedge/Wassell Grove in Worcestershire		Craig Round
Tuesday 22 March 2011	Denmark			Danish Ornithological Society
Monday 21 March 2011	Spain	Southern	1	Paula Clements
Monday 21 March 2011	Italy			Marc Piel
Friday 11 March 2011	Ireland	Capeclear, County Cork	1	Ann Gunning
Friday 11 March 2011	France	Ile de France, Paris	1	Olivier Sigaud
Tuesday 8 March 2011	France	South and West	2	Marc Piel
Monday 28 February 2011	Spain	mountains near Yecla, Northern Murcia	1 pair, started nesting	Doug Lawrence

Here is a bit of interesting information for you.

Arrival dates just south of Paris:
2001 : 31/03
2002 : 27/03
2003 : 11/04
2004 : 07/04
2005 : 11/04
2006 : 30/03
2007 : 11/04
2008 : 01/04
2009 : 02/04
2010 : 04/04
2011 : 02/04

B.R. Marc