autumn migration thread (1 Viewer)

[NickPatel92]

does anybody know when in the uk terns start to leave?

 

[Rhonda]

I was looking forward to emigrating to Canada. I'm not so sure now. Are you really far North or something?

Chris :eek!:

I am at 59 degrees latitude in Churchill Manitoba I live in a sub-arctic climate at the edge of the Boreal forest.
Winter temperature a balmy -45 C
But that's not all of Canada, just the great white north so feel free to join us we've got lots of room and we're really nice.
Rhonda

 

[Rhonda]

I saw big numbers of Whimbrels leaving southern Iceland on Saturday. On Monday the auks had virtually all left the cliffs (one Brünnich's Guillemot with chick, half a a dozen Common Guillemot with chicks), whilst last week there were still plenty, and tonight I went for a walk in the mountains around Reykjavik and the hills were alive with the sound of...no in fact they weren't, they were silent. The waders which breed so commonly in the hills are now down by the coast, massing for departure. It also gets dark at night now, a sure sign summer is rapidly ending.

E

It sounds just like here. Large flocks of European Starlings. the snow geese are back from above the tree line, the Canada's are in the air, huge flocks of Whimbrels left over the past week and I can hear other migrators flying by at night, I haven't seen an Arctic Tern for two days, I am going to miss them all when it's just me and the ravens.
Rhonda

 

[J Jones]

First signs of movement on the N Norfolk coast today, bumped in to a Pied Fly at Titchwell, and a single Wheatear was prancing around the beach at Snettisham. Also a couple of Barreds in Norfolk today.

 

[gatafrancesca]

Just saw my first black and white warbler today and a golden cheeked warbler almost ten days ago here in southern Mexico.

Francesca Albini
San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Chiapas, Mexico
[email protected]

 

[ESTEBANNIC]

First reports here in the Balearic Islands of Willow warblers, Robins, Redstarts and Rollers. All these species are non-breeders here. Very early start this year.....

 

[Cudyll Bach]

One very lonely looking Swift over my local town centre (Maesteg South Wales) this morning.

 

[deborah4]

One very lonely looking Swift over my local town centre (Maesteg South Wales) this morning.

ditto

well not S Wales, E. Sussex

 

[J Jones]

On my inland patch here in south Lincolnshire, various things coming through, with the most notable being a real increase in flava wags in the last 3 days - large numbers heading through south in small flocks. Also good numbers of Swifts on 14th, massive numbers of House Martins going through, and also the first Wheatear here of the autumn, messing around catching flies on the gravel workings.

 

[gmax]

... large numbers heading through south in small flocks..

Good news || - at my local patch larger numbers of ducks of any kind are starting to appear, most of them still in eclipse plumage (last week there were + or - 40-50, this morning, after being frightened by something, hundreds of them flew off and filled the sky, almost countless); more snipes are around and I spotted the first avocet since last Spring, a juvenile probably (brown plumage); bee-eaters are gathering as well and fly here and there 'whistling' - further descriptions in the days to come ...

 

[Evanji Axu]

Seen a few hummingbirds buzz about the past few weeks - all females. I surmise the males have gone to stake out their winter territories?

 

[matt green]

just been told of a group of fifteen whimbrel flying over whitlingham country park (east norwich) this afternoon,heading west!

may have come from breydon via the river yare valley?

matt

 

[Woodchatshrike]

Good number of Aquatic Warblers at the moment throughout the country.

 

[robbie_d_e]

A couple of mates say thay saw 4 fieldfares on the 5 of August, here in north wales.

 

[Marcus Conway - ebirder]

A couple of mates say thay saw 4 fieldfares on the 5 of August, here in north wales.

Wow that would be an exceptional record.

 

[dbradnum]

First Whinchat of the autumn for me today - rather unexpectedly at my local reservoir (KGV) in London!

 

[jpoyner]

Wow that would be an exceptional record.

Though they do breed in small numbers in Scotland so could have been just UK birds on the move (Though guess Wales could have breeders?). There was a flock of over 30 birds seen regularly late summer near Inverness a few years ago.

John

 

[TinaCat]

The starlings are starting to flock up here in the northern mid-west and the geese are taking their grown goslings on longer flights out of Lake Erie.

 

[Atricapilla]

Three new species arrived on the saltmarsh in the last couple of days,hope there's more to come.

 

[nctexasbirder]

saw a Yellow Warbler today...yellow warblers being reported migrating today through TX