Spookdaddy
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gncxx said:Spookdaddy said:I don't know where it disappears to over the winter - magpies don't migrate. However, given that where I am is very high up for the UK, I suspect it bounces several miles away, and a few hundred feet lower, in order to avoid the worst of the winter.
I suppose it's a bit like wondering where robins go in summer. They are about, but oddly you don't notice them.
Apparently UK robins are pretty sedentary, although some do a relatively short haul migrate (see here). So, in Scotland you might see a bit of a winter boost from the Scandinavian population - and a corresponding decline in summer. (I know - flying to Scotland to get away from the cold might seem odd, but I suppose it's all relative.)
Apparently magpies do move around, but on a fairly local level - so I might not have been far wrong in the above conjecture.