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[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”Alata|600|||||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 24, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0lesser black-backed gull\u00a0(Larus fuscus) is a large\u00a0gull\u00a0that breeds on the\u00a0Atlantic\u00a0coasts of Europe. It is\u00a0migratory, wintering from the\u00a0British Isles south to West Africa. Slightly smaller than a herring gull, the lesser black-backed gull has a dark grey to black back and wings, yellow bill and yellow legs. Their world population is found entirely in Europe.\u00a0 The<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tMarch 7, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0sand martin\u00a0(Riparia riparia) or\u00a0European sand martin\u00a0is a\u00a0migratory\u00a0passerine\u00a0bird\u00a0in the\u00a0swallow\u00a0family. It has a wide\u00a0range\u00a0in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the\u00a0Mediterranean\u00a0countries and across the\u00a0Palearctic\u00a0to the Pacific Ocean. It is a\u00a0Holarctic\u00a0species also found in North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America, and the\u00a0Indian Subcontinent. The sand martin is brown above, white below<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tMarch 19, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) \u2014 also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk \u2014 is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tMarch 19, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0common chiffchaff\u00a0(Phylloscopus collybita), or simply the\u00a0chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds in open woodland.\u00a0 It is a\u00a0migratory\u00a0passerine\u00a0which winters in southern and western Europe, southern\u00a0Asia\u00a0and north\u00a0Africa. Greenish-brown above and off-white below, it is named\u00a0onomatopoeically\u00a0for its simple\u00a0chiff-chaff song. The female builds a domed nest on or near the ground, and assumes most of<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tMarch 28, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies.\u00a0 They are large white birds with yellowish heads; black-tipped wings; and long bills.\u00a0 Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, having a wingspan of up to 2 m (6.6 ft). Gannets hunt fish by diving into the<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 5, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0willow warbler\u00a0(Phylloscopus trochilus) is a very common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic. It is strongly migratory, with almost all of the population wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa. ]Willow\u00a0Warblers\u00a0are summer visitors, appearing in the\u00a0UK\u00a0from about late March or early April after having spent the winter in Africa, south<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 7, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world.\u00a0 It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. There are six subspecies of barn swallow, which breed across the Northern Hemisphere. Four are<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 9, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0wheatears\u00a0are passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe. They were formerly considered to be members of the\u00a0thrush\u00a0family, Turdidae, but are now more commonly placed in the\u00a0flycatcher\u00a0family,\u00a0Muscicapidae. The\u00a0name\u00a0“wheatear” is not derived from “wheat” or any sense of “ear”, but is a\u00a0folk etymology\u00a0of “white” and “arse”, referring to the prominent white rump found in most species. The genus<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 10, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0Sandwich tern\u00a0(Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a medium-large tern with grey upperparts, white underparts, a yellow-tipped black bill and a shaggy black crest which becomes less extensive in winter with a white crown. Its short legs are black. Its upperwings are pale grey and its underparts white, and this<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 14, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t Numenius phaeopus\u00a0(Linnaeus, 1758) Family: Charadriiformes >\u00a0Scolopacidae Whimbrel is a smaller version of the Curlew, with a shorter, straighter then down-curved bill and pale crown-stripe. The \u2018seven-whistle\u2019 call is diagnostic. This elegant wader has a very restricted UK breeding range, with a small population nesting mostly in Shetland. Birds start to arrive back on territory from<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 17, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia), make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize. Hybridization has also been reported<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 18, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0sedge warbler\u00a0(Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is an\u00a0Old World warbler\u00a0in the genus\u00a0Acrocephalus. It is a medium-sized warbler 11.5\u201313\u00a0cm (4.5\u20135.1\u00a0in) long and weighing around 12\u00a0g (0.42\u00a0oz) with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale\u00a0supercilium. The\u00a0plumage of the sexes is identical. Sedge warblers are migratory, crossing the\u00a0Sahara\u00a0to get from their\u00a0European\u00a0and\u00a0Asian\u00a0breeding grounds to spend winter in\u00a0Africa. The sedge<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 18, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0common grasshopper warbler\u00a0(Locustella naevia) is a small\u00a0passerine\u00a0bird found in short dense vegetation, often close to water. It is a medium-sized warbler about 13\u00a0cm (5\u00a0in) long. The adult has a streaked brown back and whitish grey underparts which are unstreaked except on the undertail coverts. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 19, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 23, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0common whitethroat\u00a0(Curruca communis) is a common and widespread\u00a0typical warbler\u00a0which breeds throughout\u00a0Europe\u00a0and across much of temperate western\u00a0Asia. This small\u00a0passerine\u00a0bird\u00a0is strongly\u00a0migratory, and winters in tropical\u00a0Africa,\u00a0Arabia, and\u00a0Pakistan. This is one of several\u00a0Curruca\u00a0species that has distinct male and female\u00a0plumages. Both sexes are mainly brown above and buff below, with chestnut fringes to the secondary\u00a0remiges. The adult male has a<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tApril 24, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0common house martin\u00a0(Delichon urbicum), sometimes called the\u00a0northern house martin\u00a0or, particularly in Europe, just\u00a0house martin, is a\u00a0migratory\u00a0passerine\u00a0bird\u00a0of the\u00a0swallow\u00a0family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and across the\u00a0Palearctic; and winters in\u00a0sub-Saharan Africa\u00a0and\u00a0tropical Asia. It feeds on insects which are caught in flight, and it migrates to climates where flying insects are plentiful. It has a blue head<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tMay 1, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0common redstart\u00a0(Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply\u00a0redstart, is a small\u00a0passerine\u00a0bird\u00a0in the genus\u00a0Phoenicurus , and is an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae) The Common Redstart shows some affinity to the\u00a0European Robin\u00a0in many of its habits and actions. It has the same general carriage, and\u00a0chat-like behaviour, and is the same length at 13\u201314.5 cm long but slightly slimmer<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tMay 8, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t The\u00a0wood warbler\u00a0(Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains. This warbler is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa. This is a bird of open but shady mature woodlands, such<\/p>\n Read more<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[timeline-express post-type=\"post\" category=\"migrant arrivals\"]","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2811","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2811"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8214,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2811\/revisions\/8214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\t\t\tLesser Black-backed Gull\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tOsprey\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tChiffchaff\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGannet\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWillow Warbler\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWheatear\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWhimbrel\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCommon Sandpiper\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSedge Warbler\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGrasshopper Warbler\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
![\"Grasshopper](\"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/IMG-20200707-WA0003-e1670946935462-350x120.jpg\")
\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCommon Cuckoo\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWhitethroat\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
![\"Whitethroat\"](\"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Migrant-whitethroat-e1670946823613-350x120.jpg\")
\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tHouse Martin\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
![\"House](\"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/House-Martin-350x120.jpeg\")
\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRedstart\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWood Warbler\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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