Birds that migrate to the UK in summer

30 birds on this map that come to the UK for the summer, in order of arrival. Dates are read from UK sightings in openly licensed GBIF records, not from a survey.

Bird	Arrives	Near peak	Leaves	Map
Sand martin	late March	late March	mid September	globe
Northern wheatear	late March	early April	mid October	globe
Osprey	late March	mid April	early October	globe
Willow warbler	late March	early April	mid September	globe
Sandwich tern	late March	late June	mid October	globe
Ring ouzel	late March	early April	early November	globe
Barn swallow	early April	mid April	mid October	globe
Common redstart	early April	mid April	mid October	globe
Western yellow wagtail	early April	mid April	late September	globe
Common house martin	mid April	late April	mid October	globe
Common whitethroat	mid April	mid April	mid September	globe
Sedge warbler	mid April	mid April	late August	globe
Common reed warbler	mid April	late April	mid September	globe
Common grasshopper warbler	mid April	mid April	early August	globe
European pied flycatcher	mid April	late April	mid October	globe
Tree pipit	mid April	mid April	early October	globe
Common nightingale	mid April	mid April	mid June	globe
Common cuckoo	mid April	late April	late June	globe
Arctic tern	mid April	early May	early October	globe
Garden warbler	mid April	late April	mid September	globe
Lesser whitethroat	mid April	mid April	late September	globe
Common tern	mid April	late April	mid September	globe
Little tern	mid April	late April	early September	globe
Whinchat	late April	late August	mid October	globe
European turtle dove	late April	early May	mid September	globe
Eurasian hobby	late April	early May	early October	globe
Common swift	early May	early May	mid August	globe
Spotted flycatcher	early May	mid May	mid October	globe
Manx shearwater	mid May	mid June	early October	globe
Atlantic puffin	mid May	early June	late August	globe

A bird counts as a summer visitor here when its share of UK records is near zero in winter and high in summer. Birds seen all year round (for example blackcaps and chiffchaffs, which also winter in the UK) are not listed. See also UK winter visitors.