Rare Birds in Suffolk
Our list for Suffolk has 41 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 2 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Suffolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–May
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentRare66–94 cmRegularly Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly May
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusScarceRare46–59 cmRegularly Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Jul
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
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