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
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusScarceUncommon19–23 cm
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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