When do reed 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 reed warblers arrive in the UK?

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

When do reed warblers leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after mid September.

Where do reed warblers go in winter?

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

Common reed 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 139,286 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

See the common reed warbler migration on the 3D globe →

About the common reed warbler

The common reed warbler or Eurasian reed-warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds across Europe into the temperate western Palaearctic where it is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also a resident species over large parts of Africa.

From the Wikipedia article “Common reed warbler” (revision 1374039650), 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.