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Andy Stoddart provides the information you need to recognise these three similar warblers should you be lucky enough to discover one in the field. ....
At last there is a forecast of warm southerly airflow for this weekend, a rare thing indeed this spring. This should unlock the floodgates and we should see a mass arrival of summer visitor and the exodus of any remaining winter visitors it could be a busy weekend. The last week has seen the continuation of a cold northerly airflow which is still holding up migrants further south. Most long-distance species are now here but in much smaller numbers than we would expect for this time in the spring. However, the weather is set to change over the weekend with a long-overdue warm southerly airflow moving in, which should see the floodgates open it could be a busy latter half of the weekend, particularly at migration watchpoints and Bird Observatories. ....
Spring migration has so far been a slow and steady affair, and with the weather being dominated by clear skies and northerly winds it has meant reports of some species have been much lower than would be expected for the time of year. For many of us the harbingers of spring are Swallows and House Martins and so far this year it has been a rather mixed story. The warm period at the end of March into early April allowed birds to arrive and reports for both species flooded in as birds pushed northwards. However, in the last week or two the reports have fallen away with some traditional breeding sites yet to see them arrive. The reporting rates for both ....