A glorious start to May, a spotted flycatcher singing at the bottom of the garden!

Swift and house martin blog 2024
at jonathanpomroy.co.uk

First swifts of the year spotted over the garden here in Hampshire. A week earlier than usual. Hannah Bourne-Taylor Jonathan Pomroy Michael Gove

I'll be opening my exhibition Gilling East Village Hall a week today 4-6 May, 10am-5pm daily. Selling dozens of watercolours, prints & cards. Hopefully some swifts & hms around by then- display/ leaflets/advice on how you can help them. Sketchbooks on show etc.
jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com/exhibitions-20…

Really looking forward to this. If you want to paint swifts and skies with me in Suffolk on June 6th here's your chance!
Art Safari
jonathanpomroy.co.uk

Some watercolour sketches of Hartlepool dark-eyed junco this morning. Very fluffed up at times in the cold. A lovely bird to see. Great morning with James Robson Phil Dargue et al. Thank you to the local residents!
teesbirds cleveland birds NorthYorksBirdNews BirdGuides

Air frost, -1.1°C and first house martin back in Gilling East. First back on 26th April in 2022/23/24! Listen carefully and you can hear my son cheering at the end, it's the artificial nest by his window! House Martin Conservation UK & Ireland York Birding
NorthYorksBirdNews jonathanpomroy.co.uk

0°C, snow settling on Blakey Ridge North York Moors NP
NorthYorksWeather

Tree sparrows much prefer swift boxes here in Gilling East!
jonathanpomroy.co.uk

22nd April first swift, 70+ Arctic terns and little gull at Castle Howard Lake.

My first Swift season blog of 2024
jonathanpomroy.co.uk

The first house martins are returning- here's my experience of attracting this beautiful and threatened summer migrant. Includes a monthly summary of a UK house martin summer and links to some tried and tested artificial nests.

jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com/house-martins/

A great Co-op swift nest project in Machynlleth. 👏

Thank you Lotti! Absolute pleasure to help launch this big swift project. Great work happening in and around Machynlleth. Also a real privilege to visit Dyfi Osprey Project
jonathanpomroy.co.uk

Very much looking forward to demonstrating sketching swifts in watercolour at Machynlleth Co-op Store Swift Box Project Launch on April 6th.
moma.cymru/en/e/a-celebra…

Some recent watercolours.
jonathanpomroy.co.uk

March 8th. Red- necked grebe at Burton Riggs. A species I have always longed to see and paint- with my thanks to the finder.
Blog at jonathanpomroy.co.uk

Wonderful to see this project up and running a few hundred metres from Whitby harbour! Well done Whitby Swifts team. NorthYorksBirdNews UKSwifts Blu Mankuma The Church of England Diocese of York Johannes (Jan) Nobel Andy Malley Paul Newton Peter Williams Whitby Naturalists Graham Oliver YorkshireCoastNature