Rare Birds in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 42 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 5 summer visitors, 27 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 42, most common first
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Mar–May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Jun
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made