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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kent in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
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