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Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks October · Thrushes and Allies · BOU category A

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

Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.

Grey-cheeked Thrush: 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.

Grey-cheeked Thrush 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: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England322007 to 2023unverified
SV80Sea, off Isles of Scilly192002 to 2018unverified
HU38Shetland Islands, Scotland22015unverified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland52007 to 2014unverified
HU69Shetland Islands, Scotland12011unverified
SV81Isles of Scilly, England172003 to 2007unverified
TL20Hertfordshire, England762005unverified
TL21Hertfordshire, England12005unverified

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