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 · Oct
Share 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
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorScarceRare17–19 cm
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantRare100–130 cmRegularly Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriScarceRare38–42 cm
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisScarceRare43–51 cm
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaScarceRare66–94 cm
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleScarceRare30–32 cm
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