London’s skies are alive with the great autumn passage reaching its crescendo. Vast clouds of winter thrushes—redwings and fieldfares—sweep in from Scandinavia and Iceland, while blackbirds, bramblings and chaffinches pour south, some hardy bachelors lingering behind. Over the Thames and in parks, wigeon and goldeneye settle, short-eared owls quarter dusk meadows, and a rare velvet scoter, toughened by Arctic seas, dives with ease. Mixed flocks may have paused on Baltic lagoons, Danube marshes or Danish fjords before touching down here. Some migrants come only a short distance from Scotland or northern England, while Bewick’s swans occasionally slip past on their way to famous winter haunts. November in London is migration writ large—and intimate; keen watchers will be rewarded. Return on 04-Nov for the full story!
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