When do lesser whitethroats arrive in and leave the UK?

A summer visitor in the records: sightings jump in mid April and fall away after late September.

When do lesser whitethroats arrive in the UK?

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

When do lesser whitethroats leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after late September.

Where do lesser whitethroats go in winter?

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

Lesser whitethroat 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 58,440 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

See the lesser whitethroat migration on the 3D globe →

About the lesser whitethroat

The lesser whitethroat is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in the western and central Palearctic. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India.

From the Wikipedia article “Lesser whitethroat” (revision 1351805039), 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.