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
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusRecords withheldRare40–44 cm
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosRecords withheldRare66–102 cm
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusRecords withheldRare43–47 cm
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesRecords withheldRare13–14 cm
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixRecords withheldRare40–55 cm
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataRecords withheldRare12–13 cm
Long-eared OwlAsio otusRecords withheldRare35–40 cm
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusRecords withheldRare60–87 cm
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