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Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks January · Swallows · BOU category A

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

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
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Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow: 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.

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow has been recorded in 37 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in January.

Conservation status: Not Evaluated (IUCN Red List, NE)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SH87Conwy, Wales12023unverified
ST16Vale of Glamorgan, Wales22022unverified
TA41East Riding of Yorkshire, England12022unverified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England12022unverified
SS49Swansea, Wales82019unverified
SS78Neath Port Talbot, Wales22019unverified
ST38Newport, Wales82012 to 2017unverified
TM33Suffolk, England42012 to 2014unverified
TM34Suffolk, England32013 to 2014unverified
TM57Suffolk, England12014unverified
TM23Suffolk, England82010 to 2013unverified
TM58Suffolk, England12013unverified
TL16Cambridgeshire, England232009 to 2012unverified
TM46Suffolk, England82003 to 2012unverified
TL19Peterborough, England42010 to 2012unverified
TL57Cambridgeshire, England22012unverified
ST68South Gloucestershire, England12012unverified
TL44Cambridgeshire, England12012unverified
TL56Cambridgeshire, England12012unverified
SJ29Wirral, England32008 to 2011unverified
SK58Rotherham, England12011unverified
SK48Rotherham, England72010unverified
NK02Aberdeenshire, Scotland52007 to 2010unverified
SK61Leicestershire, England52009unverified
TM17Suffolk, England32009unverified
TL48Cambridgeshire, England32001 to 2009unverified
TL87Suffolk, England12009unverified
SP49Leicestershire, England12009unverified
TM45Suffolk, England12008unverified
SJ28Wirral, England12008unverified
NK05Aberdeenshire, Scotland22005unverified
SK51Leicestershire, England112004unverified
SK49Rotherham, England42002 to 2004unverified
SH12Gwynedd, Wales12004unverified
SH28Isle of Anglesey, Wales12004unverified
SJ83Staffordshire, England12003unverified
SR99Pembrokeshire, Wales12002unverified

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