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
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
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