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[[File:River Trent downstream of Alrewas - geograph.org.uk - 1523411.jpg|thumb|The Trent, downstream of [[Alrewas]] ]]
[[File:Redshanks on the Humber Foreshore - geograph.org.uk - 1181581.jpg|thumb|Redshank on the Humber foreshore]]
The '''Severn-Trent flyway''' is a [[Bird migration|migratory]] route, or [[flyway]], used by birds crossing [[Great Britain]] from the [[Humber estuary]] to the [[Severn estuary]] or vice versa. It follows the [[Humber]] and its tributaries the rivers [[River Trent|Trent]] and [[River Tame, West Midlands|Tame]], then the [[River Severn]].{{sfn|RSPB|p=265}} The last of these is not connected to the other three, and so birds must cross the gap over the [[West Midlands conurbation]], around [[Birmingham]].
It is used by birds migrating locally, within Britain, and by those migrating to or from [[Northern Europe|Northern]] and [[Southern Europe]].{{sfn|Knox|Parkin|2009|p=57}}
[[File:Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis-1.jpg|thumb|[[Lesser scaup]] (''Aythya affinis'')]]
Among the birds known to use the flyway are sea ducks such as [[common scoter]] (''Melanitta nigra''),{{sfn|Knox|Parkin|2009|p=61}} terns such as Arctic tern, and vagrants from [[North America]] such as [[lesser scaup]] (''Aythya affinis''),{{sfn|Knox|Parkin|2009|p=57}} along with European ''[[Aythya]]'' species.{{sfn|Knox|Parkin|2009|p=57}}
== References ==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite book |title=RSPB Where To Go Wild in Britain |date=2009 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |isbn=978-1405335126 |ref={{harvid|RSPB}} }}
* {{cite book |last1=Knox |first1=Alan |last2=Parkin |first2=David |title=The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland |date=2009 |publisher=Helm |isbn=978-1408125007 |url=https://epdf.pub/the-status-of-birds-in-britain-and-ireland-helm-country-avifaunas.html }}
[[Category:Bird migration flyways]]
[[Category:Geography of England]]