Blackcaps back but some migrants running late

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13 Apr 2012 Blackcap by Margaret Holland

Having spent Easter looking out for migrants in southern Portugal, I expected to find hirundines (Swallow and martins), Whitethroat and Sedge Warbler here in force on my return. Not so however; Blackcap and Willow Warbler are the only species back in any numbers - here in Thetford at least - with several other migrants running late, by comparison to recent springs. Read more migration news on the BTO Migration blog.

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