🐦 Bird Migration Map

When do tree pipits arrive in and leave the UK?

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

When do tree pipits arrive in the UK?
In the GBIF records, UK sightings of the tree pipit rise sharply from mid April and are near their peak by mid April.
When do tree pipits leave the UK?
UK sightings fall away after early October.
Where do tree pipits go in winter?
From December to February the strongest signal in the effort-adjusted GBIF records is around Kenya and Nigeria. The globe shows the whole winter range month by month.

Tree pipit in the UK, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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 29,029 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

See the tree pipit migration on the 3D globe →

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. …

From the Wikipedia article ā€œTree pipitā€ (revision 1365997034), 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.