BTO Bird Migration Blog

North and west, east and south divide. It has very much been a week in which migration has been a game of two halves, with south and e...

Even though the weather has been challenging for northward bound migrants, particularly in southern Europe, small numbers have still trickl...

This weekend’s cold north-easterly airflow wasn’t ideal for summer migrants heading back to the UK. However, birds did arrive, with Ring Ou...

Having spent the last week or so on the south coast of Kent, full of anticipation for the wonderful spectacle of visible spring migration th...

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...