When do yellow wagtails arrive in and leave the UK?

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

When do yellow wagtails arrive in the UK?

In the GBIF records, UK sightings of the Western yellow wagtail rise sharply from early April and are near their peak by mid April.

When do yellow wagtails leave the UK?

UK sightings fall away after late September.

Where do yellow wagtails go in winter?

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

Western yellow wagtail 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 74,181 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

See the Western yellow wagtail migration on the 3D globe →

About the Western yellow wagtail

The western yellow wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia. …

From the Wikipedia article “Western yellow wagtail” (revision 1371477538), 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.