When do waxwings arrive in and leave the UK?
A winter visitor in the records: numbers build from late October and stay high until about mid March.
- When do waxwings arrive in the UK?
- In the GBIF records, UK numbers build from late October.
- When do waxwings leave the UK?
- They stay common in the records until about mid March.
- Where do waxwings go in summer?
- In June and July the strongest signal in the effort-adjusted GBIF records is around Sweden. The globe shows the breeding range month by month.
Bohemian waxwing in the UK, month by month
Bars: this speciesâ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY 4.0 only), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 10,751 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.
See the Bohemian waxwing migration on the 3D globe â
About the Bohemian waxwing
The Bohemian waxwing is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of the Palearctic and North America. It has mainly buff-grey plumage, black face markings and a pointed crest. âŠ
From the Wikipedia article âBohemian waxwingâ (revision 1380656700), CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened at a sentence end. Winter/summer areas: country containing the monthly hotspot of effort-adjusted GBIF records, using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain).
Other UK winter visitors: see the full list with arrival and departure dates.