BTO Bird Migration Blog

Migrants have been piling in during the last week – Willow Warbler counts have reached three figures on several days at south coast watchp...

The weather conditions finally changed for the better, allowing migrants birds that were held-up further south to begin making their way no...

The strong north westerly winds brought migration to a halt prompting the migration stalwarts at Christchurch Harbour, Dorset to comment on...

Chiffchaffs and Wheatears are arriving and beginning to filter north but the fairly strong northerly winds have effectively slowed migrat...

During the last week there have been windows in the weather that have allowed birds to push north – Chiffchaffs , presumably held up furthe...

The first decent arrival of summer migrants arrived last weekend, on the wave of warm southerly airflow that the southern half of the count...

The first summer migrants are here - just. A Wheatear was seen at Portland, Dorset on the 1 March, and Ospreys were reported in Dorset an...