European Summer Migrants Wintering in Europe (2 Viewers)

[Himalaya]

There are wintering Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Europe but what about wintering Western Yellow Wagtails?

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

I had a couple of unseasonal sightings in Greece recently, of up to 5 Night Herons and 3 Wood Sandpipers at Lake Karla. I think the Night Herons seem regular there now in winter, but the Wood Sandpipers were pretty unusual for Greece at this time of year. Species like Whiskered Tern, Marsh Sandpiper and Swallow have all been seen in Greece over the past week or two.

 

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[KenM]

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[Gastronaut]

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Interesting. We already get occasional overwintering turtle doves in Cornwall. There's also someone locally who's bred and released them for years, under licence, with some idle speculation that maybe it's his birds that are overwintering.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

My interpretation was that the 345 overwintering were still in captivity for release next year, with just 155 of the original 500 released so far.

 

[KenM]

Don’t recall Sedge Warbler as having overwintered in Europe before?

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