Rare Birds in Kent
Our list for Kent has 45 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 3 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kent in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaScarceRare20–23 cm
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–May
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorScarceRare22–26 cm
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
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