Tree pipit migration Anthus trivialis
▶ Follow the tree pipit across the big globe
Press ▶ to play the year. Line: a simplified typical route, joining the main cluster of GBIF records in each month (adjusted for observer effort).
| Scientific name | Anthus trivialis |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 27 cm |
| Adult weight | 22 g (male), 25 g (female) |
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 1,110,289 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q143313 (CC0).
When does the tree pipit arrive in the UK?
A summer visitor in the records: sightings jump in mid April and fall away after early October.
Bars: this species’ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 29,029 UK records. Weekly counts from the GBIF occurrence search API (country=GB). Dates are read from records, not from a survey, so treat them as a guide.
When do they arrive in and leave the UK? →
Migration in the data
1,110,289 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In Europe and Africa, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in June (about 57°N) and furthest south in December (about 7°N).
Month by month: centre of records in Europe and Africa
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 8°N | 17% |
| February | 10°N | 17% |
| March | 29°N | 3% |
| April | 44°N | 0% |
| May | 54°N | 0% |
| June | 57°N | 0% |
| July | 57°N | 0% |
| August | 54°N | 0% |
| September | 47°N | 0% |
| October | 36°N | 1% |
| November | 13°N | 20% |
| December | 7°N | 27% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the tree pipit
The tree pipit is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains. It is a long-distance migrant, migrating in winter to Africa and southern Asia. The scientific name is from Latin: anthus is the name of a small bird of grasslands, and the specific trivialis means "common".
From the Wikipedia article “Tree pipit” (revision 1365997034), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2490246&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.