meadow pipits and skylarks (1 Viewer)

terryeyre

Well-known member

• Mar 18, 2005

• #1

over the last week i have seen hundreds of meadow pipits heading north and west and the last couple of days several skylarks heading north looks like they are heading for there spring breeding grounds wherever that may be.

 

Jos Stratford

Eastern Exile

Staff member

• Mar 18, 2005

• #2

Could well be heading here ...both are strictly summer visitors to this neck of the woods. A late thaw and snow up to the waist means haven't had a single of either yet (or any other potential early migrant)

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Mar 18, 2005

• #3

They'll be heading for the moors of northern England and Scotland, some of the Mipits maybe also for Iceland.

Jos's birds wouldn't be heading up the Pennines like that, they'd be heading east from Kent in they were in Britain at all.

 

Jos Stratford

Eastern Exile

Staff member

• Mar 18, 2005

• #4

Nutcracker said:

Jos's birds wouldn't be heading up the Pennines like that, they'd be heading east from Kent in they were in Britain at all.

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Maybe they're taking in the lights of Blackpool on the way!

Good numbers of Lithuania's birds do winter in the UK though (ringing results), though accept any well-adjusted birds shouldn't be heading west over Alton Towers!!!

 

terryeyre

Well-known member

• Mar 19, 2005

• #5

Jos Stratford said:

Maybe they're taking in the lights of Blackpool on the way!

Good numbers of Lithuania's birds do winter in the UK though (ringing results), though accept any well-adjusted birds shouldn't be heading west over Alton Towers!!!

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just walked home from pub could hear redwings overhead looks like all the winter visitors are moving because it is so warm here

 

Gill Osborne

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• Mar 19, 2005

• #6

Best get myself out tomorrow then to catch the winter visitors before they all go! Must admit I haven't seen any Fieldfares for about a week or so now...used to ALWAYS be a few flocks of them around here all winter but they seem to have gone *or I'm just not seeing them in front of my nose!!!*

GILL

 

TWM

Well-known member

• Mar 24, 2005

• #7

Up here in NE Scotland the Skylarks arrived about 3 weeks ago while Mipits only turned up last week. Local birds are singing but lots of migrants still passing through.

 

H

Hardboiled

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• Apr 15, 2005

• #8

saw a skylark in song flight at Titchwell Marshes, ( north norfolk) on 16th Feb!