Uncommon Birds in Kent
Our list for Kent has 96 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 12 summer visitors, 32 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kent in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
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