Birds around Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Zurich (45° to 50° latitude, 5° to 10° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
- Tundra Swan around 12 October
- Bluethroat around 12 October
- Western Capercaillie around 5 October
Expected in the next six weeks
- Eurasian Bittern around 17 November
- Brent Goose around 17 November
- Common Goldeneye around 17 November
- Dunlin around 17 November
- Cetti's Warbler around 17 November
- Rock Bunting around 17 November
- House Sparrow around 17 November
- Eurasian Penduline Tit around 17 November
- Little Egret around 8 December
- Eurasian Oystercatcher around 8 December (weak evidence)
- Caspian Tern around 8 December
- Ring-necked Pheasant (Ring-necked) around 8 December
- Common Redshank around 8 December
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| European Robin Erithacus rubecula | 1,155,030 | 159.6 |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | 646,353 | 89.3 |
| Eurasian Magpie Pica pica | 562,112 | 77.7 |
| Great Tit Parus major | 541,620 | 74.8 |
| Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros | 424,216 | 58.6 |
| Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | 300,655 | 41.5 |
| Common Blackbird Turdus merula | 297,078 | 41.0 |
| Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus | 234,461 | 32.4 |
| Carrion Crow Corvus corone | 207,149 | 28.6 |
| Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto | 184,309 | 25.5 |
| Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | 154,472 | 21.3 |
| European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | 153,568 | 21.2 |
| Tawny Owl Strix aluco | 146,921 | 20.3 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major | 144,927 | 20.0 |
| Rook Corvus frugilegus | 123,758 | 17.1 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 178 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.