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
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaRecords withheldRare34–36 cm
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Aug
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanScarceRare32–36 cm
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexRecords withheldRare22–30 cm
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 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