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In the UK, we see a surge in bird migration during the spring, when summer visitors like Swifts and Cuckoos arrive, and then again in the autumn, when waders, wildfowl and a whole host of other winter visitors return and summer visitors depart.
- Nature’s Calendar migration special: who’s flying in and who ...
While most Swifts are long gone, we can still see some of...
- Nature’s Calendar migration special: who’s flying in and who ...
While most Swifts are long gone, we can still see some of our summer visitors on the move back to their relatively warmer wintering grounds. Meanwhile we can soon expect the return of our winter visitors. Read on for seven birds to look out for.
Summer visitors arrive from the south and winter from the north. Latitudinal migration. This is the migration from northern regions to southern, and vice versa. Longitudinal migration. Particularly common in continental Europe, this is the movement of birds between eastern and western regions. Irruptions.
May 12, 2018 · Winter isn’t the only time that birds migrate to the UK. As these winter visitors leave our shores, they switch places with summer migrants that arrive in spring to rear their young. So, which birds migrate to the UK during spring?
Aug 1, 2021 · Geese winging their way south in wrinkled V-shaped flocks is perhaps the classic picture of migration—the annual, large-scale movement of birds between their breeding (summer) homes and their nonbreeding (winter) grounds. But geese are far from our only migratory birds.
Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and gannets all reappear at their breeding grounds on rocky cliffs or islands after spending the winter out at sea. Birds of prey are another feature of spring migration, with summer visitors including ospreys, hobbies and the rarely seen honey buzzard.
Siskin that breed in Britain and Ireland generally winter near to their breeding areas, although some movements are made on a north-south axis, depending on food supplies and weather conditions. A few of our breeding birds go as far as the Low Countries, France and Iberia to winter.
