Uncommon Birds in West Sussex
Our list for West Sussex has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 12 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Sussex in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jun–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