Uncommon Birds in Suffolk
Our list for Suffolk has 94 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 23 residents, 24 summer visitors, 28 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 94, most common first
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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