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Bird Atlas

Bird migration calendar

When birds arrive and leave Russia: a presence table for 55 species month by month — from residents to migrants.

Bird migration calendar

Present Absent Current month
Birds of prey and owls
Common kestrel
Apr–Sep
Common buzzard
Jan–Dec
Northern goshawk
Jan–Dec
White-tailed eagle
Jan–Dec
Black kite
Mar–Sep
Tawny owl
Jan–Dec
Long-eared owl
Jan–Dec
Eurasian eagle-owl
Jan–Dec
Corvids
Hooded crow
Jan–Dec
Rook
Mar–Oct
Eurasian magpie
Jan–Dec
Eurasian jay
Jan–Dec
Common raven
Jan–Dec
Western jackdaw
Jan–Dec
Songbirds
Common chaffinch
Apr–Oct
European goldfinch
Jan–Dec
Eurasian bullfinch
Jan–Dec
Eurasian siskin
Jan–Dec
European greenfinch
Jan–Dec
Red crossbill
Jan–Dec
Great tit
Jan–Dec
Eurasian blue tit
Jan–Dec
Coal tit
Jan–Dec
House sparrow
Jan–Dec
Eurasian tree sparrow
Jan–Dec
Song thrush
Apr–Sep
Common blackbird
Apr–Sep
Fieldfare
Mar–Oct
European robin
Apr–Sep
Common nightingale
May–Aug
Eurasian blackcap
Apr–Sep
European pied flycatcher
Apr–Aug
European stonechat
Apr–Sep
Eurasian skylark
Mar–Sep
White wagtail
Apr–Sep
Yellowhammer
Jan–Dec
Eurasian nuthatch
Jan–Dec
Eurasian treecreeper
Jan–Dec
Great reed warbler
Apr–Aug
Swallows, swifts, woodpeckers and others
Barn swallow
Apr–Sep
Common house martin
Apr–Sep
Common swift
May–Aug
Common starling
Mar–Sep
Great spotted woodpecker
Jan–Dec
Black woodpecker
Jan–Dec
European green woodpecker
Jan–Dec
Common cuckoo
Apr–Aug
Eurasian hoopoe
Apr–Aug
Eurasian golden oriole
May–Aug
Corncrake
May–Aug
Eurasian woodcock
Apr–Sep
Grey partridge
Jan–Dec
Black grouse
Jan–Dec
Western capercaillie
Jan–Dec
Common quail
Apr–Sep
Waterfowl and waders
Mallard
Jan–Dec
Greylag goose
Mar–Oct
Mute swan
Jan–Dec
Northern lapwing
Mar–Aug
Black-headed gull
Mar–Sep
Common gull
Apr–Oct
White stork
Apr–Sep
Grey heron
Mar–Oct
Little grebe
Apr–Sep
Great crested grebe
Apr–Sep
Black-necked grebe
Apr–Sep
Eurasian coot
Apr–Sep
Common moorhen
Apr–Sep
Common snipe
Apr–Sep
Green sandpiper
Apr–Sep
Northern shoveler
Apr–Sep
Eurasian teal
Apr–Sep
Pigeons and doves
Rock dove
Jan–Dec
Common wood pigeon
Jan–Dec
European turtle dove
Apr–Sep

Data are averaged for European Russia. Actual dates vary by region and year.