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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Surrey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 39, most common first
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarceRare37–60 cm
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly May
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceRare37–41 cm
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceRare36–41 cm
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesScarceRare81–94 cm
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly 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