BRITISH NESTING BIRDS 



A LIST OF SUMMER MIGRANTS TO THE BRITISH 

 [SLES RANGED SOMEWHAT IN THE ORDER 

 IN WHICH THEY APPEAR 



i. Spotted Crake. March. 



2. King Ouzel, end of March or early in Arpil. 



j, Wheatear, end of March. 



4. Stone Curlew, March, April, or early in May. 



5. Chifl Chaff, end of March. 



6. Yellow Wagtail, end of March or early in April. 

 -. Wryneck, end of March or early in April. 



8. Sand Martin, early in April, usually before the Swallow or 



House Martin. 



9. Swallow, middle of April. 



10. Martin, about 20th of April, generally a little later than the 



Swallow. 



11. Redstart, beginning to middle of April. 



12. Grasshopper W r arbler, middle of April. 



1 3. Whinchat, from middle to end of April, sometimes as late as May. 



14. Blackcap, middle of April. 



15. Nightingale, middle of April. 



16. Hobby Falcon, April. 



17. Cuckoo, middle of April. 



18. Tree Pipit, middle of April. 



19. Common Sandpiper, middle of April. 



20. Lesser Whitethroat, about middle of April. 



21. Greater Whitethroat, about middle to end of April. 



22. Willow Warbler, first or second week in April, sometimes earlier. 



23. Kentish Plover, April or May. 



24. Corncrake, last week in April. 



25. Red-Backed Shrike, end of April or beginning of May. 



26. Sedge Warbler, latter part of April. 



27. Garden Warbler, end of April or early in May. 



28. Reed Warbler, end of April or early in May. 



29. Wood Warbler, end of April or early in May. 



30. Turtle Dove, towards the end of April. 

 u . Quail, May. 



32. Swift, early in May. 



J3« Marsh W;irblcr, about middle of May. 



Spotted 1 lv< atcher, ;th to 20th of May. 



I led Flycati her, May. 



36. Nightjar, about the middle of May. 



