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Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks October · New World Warblers · BOU category AE

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
PJTurgeon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Blackpoll Warbler: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Blackpoll Warbler has been recorded in 8 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List, NT)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
HP61Shetland Islands, Scotland12025unverified
HU35Shetland Islands, Scotland102020unverified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England602005 to 2012unverified
SV81Isles of Scilly, England192005 to 2012unverified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland12009unverified
SV80Sea, off Isles of Scilly102005 to 2008unverified
SM70Pembrokeshire, Wales12008unverified
SJ39Liverpool, England62000unverified

Spotted an error in a square? Report it and it goes into the review queue. Read the methodology for how classes, flags and sensitive-species rules work. Data to 2026.