When do garden warblers arrive in and leave the UK?

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

When do garden warblers arrive in the UK?

In the GBIF records, UK sightings of the garden warbler rise sharply from mid April and are near their peak by late April.

When do garden warblers leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after mid September.

Where do garden warblers go in winter?

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

Garden warbler 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 59,064 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 garden warbler

The garden warbler is a common and widespread small bird that breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to western Siberia. It is a plain, long-winged and long-tailed warbler with brown upperparts and dull white underparts; the sexes are similar and juveniles resemble the adults. …

From the Wikipedia article “Garden warbler” (revision 1359675141), 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.