When do whinchats arrive in and leave the UK?

A summer visitor in the records: sightings rise sharply from late April, are near their peak by late August, and fall away after mid October.

When do whinchats arrive in the UK?

In the GBIF records, UK sightings of the whinchat rise sharply from late April and are near their peak by late August.

When do whinchats leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after mid October.

Where do whinchats 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.

Whinchat 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 34,243 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

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About the whinchat

The whinchat is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. …

From the Wikipedia article “Whinchat” (revision 1375721097), 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.