Uncommon Birds in Surrey
Our list for Surrey has 62 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 19 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 2 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 62, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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