BTO Bird Migration Blog

The warm sunny weather at the end of last week combined with a southerly airflow provided the conditions several species needed to head...

As predicted, the north and north westerly airflow of the last week produced an arrival of Pink-footed Geese and Whooper Swans to the ...

The past week has certainly felt a bit more autumnal with a definite chill in the air first thing in the morning and ever-shortening day...

It’s been 3 weeks since the last migration blog and a lot can happen during that time, especially when birds are departing for th...

Looking back at the last migration blog we highlighted the small influx of Two-barred Crossbills that was happening on the Shetland isles. ...

There has been a lot of chatter both on social media and elsewhere that this has been a poor spring for some of our most loved summer migr...

The migration highlight in the last two weeks was an unexpected arrival of Swifts from 3 November onwards, with three species noted around t...