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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Suffolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Mar–May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusScarceRare22–24 cmRegularly May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cm
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusScarceRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusScarceRare62–68 cm
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusScarceRare35–40 cmRegularly Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceRare18–21 cmRegularly Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaScarceRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusPassage migrantRare90–105 cmRegularly Mar
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 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