Rare Birds in United Kingdom
Our list for United Kingdom has 101 rare birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 14 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors, 36 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentRare23–27 cmRecorded all year
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisRecords withheldRare46–61 cm
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentRare69–84 cmRecorded all year
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