BTO Bird Migration Blog

This week has been amazing for migrants. At times it has felt more like early May than late March, both in terms of the weather and the bird...

The weekend's predicted Great Spotted Cuckoo didn't turn up but there was a multiple arrival of Mediterranean overshoots. At least h...

With a settled high pressure weather system over most of southern Europe, conditions have been looking ideal for migration to take place. I...

In yesterday's blog, I was surprised by how few early migrants have arrived and thought that they might be facing problems much further ...

Everything was seemingly in place for a good weekend of visible migration, the winds were light and from the south, pretty much all the way ...

The run of early migrants has been hindered by the wet and windy weather of the last few days, with birds probably being held - up in centra...

The light winds and generally mild conditions on Saturday saw Sand Martin numbers get into double figures, with birds being recorded as far ...