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
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–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