BTO Bird Migration Blog

The incredible numbers of Hawfinches across southern England has dominated the migration picture this week, with thousands of birds thought ...

It seems that birds from all points of the compass have been arriving in Britain during the last week. Unsurprisingly, given the westerly s...

Whilst the weather during the last week has been dominated by fast moving fronts crossing the Atlantic and westerly airflow, a short period...

When it comes to pace of change in the avian world, it's hard to beat late September in western Europe. Summer visitors are departing en...

Several more North American waders were found this week, as the westerly airflow – very strong at times – continued to dominate. A  Stilt Sa...

Airflow from the west has dominated the last week and so it is perhaps not that surprising that Nearctic waders have been well represented. ...

There are still one or two Swifts being seen over the BTO headquarters here in Norfolk but most have now gone, the last few will probably ...