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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Stephen Moss

Weatherwatch: Autumn comes early for wading birds as climate heats up

Little stint
The migratory little stint is Britain’s smallest wader. Photograph: Serkan Mutan/Alamy

August may feel like the height of summer in England but for birders autumn is well and truly under way.

The peak season for migrating songbirds comes in September and October but wading birds begin to return south from their Arctic breeding grounds as early as mid-June.

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