Brambling migration (1 Viewer)

dragnil

The glass is half full, but the bottle is empty.

• Apr 16, 2018

• #1

Each day, recently, I've been surprised to see a pair of Bramblings around the feeders in our Lincolnshire garden. This seems to me to be leaving things a bit late - I can't belive they are going to stay and breed. Any thoughts?

 

dragnil

The glass is half full, but the bottle is empty.

• Apr 16, 2018

• #2

I've just found:
https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/birdtrack/bird-recording/by-migration-season/spring-migration
so it looks as if they are not staying abnormally late ...

 

Richard Prior

Halfway up an Alp

• Apr 16, 2018

• #3

I'm much further south than you Dragnil and my last Brambling left last week, however I often have had one or two (never big numbers) hang on till almost the end of April, even 1st May one year. It certainly is a treat seeing the males in their breeding finery though, so enjoy!

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Apr 16, 2018

• #4

Where they breed - northern Scandinavia and northern Russia - it is still the depths of winter. They don't need to head off yet.

http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/ims/ims_v3/ims_gif/ARCHIVE/EuAsia/2018/ims2018105_asiaeurope.gif

 

dragnil

The glass is half full, but the bottle is empty.

• Apr 16, 2018

• #5

Thanks, NC, I think I lost a month in my thoughts. The last time I was in Finnmark it was clear of snow but that was the end of June. It'll be interesting to see how much longer they enjoy our food before getting on with breeding.

 

dragnil

The glass is half full, but the bottle is empty.

• Apr 21, 2018

• #6

Not been seen for a couple of days now, so that's pretty much in line with the BTO's average date.