what birds migrate from uk

Many bird species migrate to the UK in autumn, overwintering on our shores before returning to their breeding grounds in spring. In the UK, the best-known migrating birds are probably ones that cover long distances, such as Swallows, which most UK-breeding Swallows winter in southern Africa. Other birds that migrate to the UK in winter include geese, swans, ducks, fieldfares, redwings, bramblings, brent geese, barnacle geese, pink-footed geese, Bewicks swans, and whooper swans. In spring, the UK sees a surge in bird migration when summer visitors like Swifts and Cuckoos arrive, and then again in the autumn when waders, wildfowl, and a whole host of other winter visitors return and summer visitors depart.