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
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisWinter visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
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