Winter Visitors
The mild winters make Britain attractive to about 60 species which breed further north. These are mainly larger birds, such as swans, geese, ducks, gulls and thrushes, but some smaller species, such as the Snow Bunting and Brambling also arrive in large numbers.
The numbers of some eruptive species, like Bohemian Waxwing, depend on food supplies and population numbers in their breeding areas.
Read more about this topic: British Avifauna
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