Rare Birds in Surrey
Our list for Surrey has 39 rare birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 19 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Surrey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 39, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentRare80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceRare10–11 cm
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorScarceRare22–26 cm
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceRare46–56 cm
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
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