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- The most common pattern involves flying north in the spring to breed in the temperate or Arctic summer and returning in the autumn to wintering grounds in warmer regions to the south.
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Wheatears are small birds that breed in Iceland and Greenland, as well as in upland areas and farmland mainly in the west and north of the UK. As they migrate from their breeding grounds back to Africa for the winter, you have more of a chance of seeing them in lowland areas too, as they stop to feed in fields.
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Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year. It is typically from north to south or from south to north. Migration is inherently risky, due to predation and mortality.
Many birds that we see in the UK during passage and winter periods breed in the far north, where the expansive tundra, boreal forests and taiga provide a comparatively predator-free environment.
A migratory bird’s annual cycle can be divided into four phases: breeding, migration away from the breeding grounds, a stationary period between late fall and early spring (the overwintering period) and migration back to the breeding grounds.
A migratory route is the pathway birds choose to move between their breeding and overwintering grounds. These may be very direct where long-distance water crossings are involved, but many other factors come into play for birds migrating over land.
