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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Surrey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 62, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 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