When do birds arrive in Europe?

1,707 species have a seasonal record in Europe (1,348 insects, 350 birds, 8 bats, 1 frogs and toads). Each is listed under the month it typically arrived over the past year: the middle of its first-arrival weeks across the areas where it was recorded (each area is a 5 degree square). Southern areas usually see a species earlier than northern ones, so open a species to see the range.

Arriving around now

Species that arrived in October or November last year, most widespread first.

• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
• American Pipit Anthus rubescens
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana
• Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
• Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
• Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
• Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea

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Other regions: North America · South America · Africa · Asia · Oceania

Arrival dates come from automatic sound identification and open records, corrected for how much each area is watched. How this is measured.