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
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxScarceRare58–65 cm
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxScarceRare39–43 cmRegularly Sep
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Jun
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jun
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixScarceRare44–51 cm
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly May
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