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Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks October · Leaf Warblers · BOU category A

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

Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
Tisha Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Dusky 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.

Dusky Warbler has been recorded in 116 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (4%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Isle of Man. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
16% or more of visits
High
2% to 16%
Moderate
<1% to 2%
Low
under <1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 17%<1%Low
February 5%<1%Low
March 10%<1%Moderate
April 11%<1%Very high
May 1%<1%Low
June 0%<1%Insufficient records
July 0%<1%Insufficient records
August 0%<1%Insufficient records
September 0%<1%Low
October 100%<1%High
November 33%<1%Very high
December 32%<1%Moderate

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HP50Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU40Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU45Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU56Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
NZ38Northumberland, England100%Very high
TA08North Yorkshire, England100%Very high
TG42Norfolk, England100%Very high
TM58Suffolk, England100%Very high
TQ23West Sussex, England13%High

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