When do redstarts arrive in and leave the UK?

A summer visitor in the records: sightings rise sharply from early April, are near their peak by mid April, and fall away after mid October.

When do redstarts arrive in the UK?

In the GBIF records, UK sightings of the common redstart rise sharply from early April and are near their peak by mid April.

When do redstarts leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after mid October.

Where do redstarts go in winter?

From December to February the strongest signal in the effort-adjusted GBIF records is around Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. The globe shows the whole winter range month by month.

Common redstart in the UK, month by month

Bars: this species’ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY 4.0 only), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 39,536 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

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About the common redstart

The common redstart, or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher.

From the Wikipedia article “Common redstart” (revision 1371681379), 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 summer visitors: see the full list with arrival and departure dates.