I've seen quite a few swallows - 2 thought they might nest in one of our barns. OMG, they are SO cute close up. But for security we couldnt leave the door opened - we did leave another door open for them, but they werent interested.
//Finally, a bit of action! In what has been one of the most peculiar springs in living memory, there was at last a good crop of rare and scarce arrivals – although our commoner migrants still seem very slow to arrive, with numbers down (and some species almost totally missing) in many areas//
This is the opening paragraph on the BirdGuides web site.
Remember that late August last year they all lined up on telephone wires early where I live very early in the morning making a hell of a racket, later in the morning they had all all left presumably back to wherever they came from in S Africa.