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Migration slows a little.With the mass arrival of many of our common migrants last week, Whitethroats, Garden Warblers, Swifts and Swallows poured in, it is hardly surprising that this week has been a...
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A far from normal springIt has been anything but a normal spring. March, with its early spring Mediterranean overshoots, at times felt like May. April, with its heavy rain, snow and hail, resembled...
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With migration pretty much over (it never truly stops altogether) now is a good time to reflect on what kind of a migration season it has been.The most obvious feature has been the weather. Migrant...
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Autumn migration steaming ahead
Autumn migration is well under way and many summer migrants are now on the move. The main thrust this week has largely involved hirundines, with decent movements being observed of Sand Martin, House...
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Look to the east this weekend
With the UK seemingly stuck in a westerly airflow it is not surprising that the focus has very much been on birds from that direction. Over the last week there have been impressive numbers of...
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The perfect storm
Having been stuck in a westerly airflow for what has seemed like forever, the weather forecast, with the promise of a depression swinging south of the UK and heading north into Scandinavia looked too...
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Black-billed Cuckoo - not quite!
The depression that tracked across the Atlantic and arrived on the west coast this weekend didn't bring the predicted Black-billed Cuckoo with it. It is twenty-two years since the last Black-billed...
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Get ready to welcome some winter visitors
As the low pressure to the south of us moves away to the east, high pressure will take its place over the weekend, bringing with it much lighter winds and a change in the direction of those winds, from...
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Migration stalls a little
After the rush of American birds in the west last weekend, things have quietened down somewhat.Right now finches should be keeping ‘vis miggers’ (visible migration watchers) very busy but for the most...
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A mixed bag for Migrants
As a series of weather fronts arrive from the west over the next few days, the winds will swing from west to east and back to west several times during the course of the week. Southern counties are...
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Thrushes arrive in force
Over the last few days one of the biggest natural events of the autumn has been unfolding along the east coast with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of thrushes.Redwing by Andy MasonBy far the...
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Woodpigeons are go!
Early November is the peak time for Woodpigeon migration. All they need are light winds and clear conditions to start migrating en-masse. The last few days have seen exactly these conditions and the...
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Autumn migration 2012
Birds migrate in their millions every autumn, leaving the UK for warmer climes, arriving in the UK to escape the colder north and east, or just passing through on their way to their winter quarters....
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Heading south for the winter?
With the main migration period well and truly over and winter very much upon us, it is easy to think that migration has finished for 2012. However, birds can be on the move at all times of the...
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Taking flight
During late October and early November a huge number of Redwings, Fieldfares and Blackbirdsarrived on the east coast of Britain. These quickly moved inland and spread out across the country. Take a...
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Spring migration 2013 has begun!
With some parts of the UK experiencing a small amount of spring-like weather it is not too surprising that, although it is still very early, migrant birds have started to arrive on our shores. Two...
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A steady trickle of summer migrants
Light winds across much of southern Europe have been the norm this week and a few hardy summer migrants have taken advantage of them and made the final push north. There have been a small number of...
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More of the same
Rather unsurprisingly, for both migrants arriving and those departing it has been slow this week. However, despite the freezing conditions, a small window opened up late in the week when the stiff...
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Migrants brave the cold
Despite the wintry conditions there have been some impressive arrivals of summer migrants. Chiffchaffs were on the move in triple figures, along with Wheatears, 250 and 100 respectively were counted on...
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Migration still slow
By now the scene is normally set for the arrival of our summer visitors, the buds have normally burst on early leafing trees such as willow and Birch, and caterpillars have hatched to take advantage of...
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