Rails & Coots in United Kingdom
Our list for United Kingdom has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
CorncrakeCrex crexRecords withheldRare22–30 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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