When do pied flycatchers 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 October.

When do pied flycatchers arrive in the UK?

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

When do pied flycatchers leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after mid October.

Where do pied flycatchers go in winter?

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

European pied flycatcher 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 22,573 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

See the European pied flycatcher migration on the 3D globe →

About the European pied flycatcher

The European pied flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridises to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and across the Western Palearctic. …

From the Wikipedia article “European pied flycatcher” (revision 1341343180), 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.