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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Vagrant · reporting peaks September · Cardinals and Allies · BOU category AF

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

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
USFWS Midwest Region from Midwest Region, United States, Public domain, 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.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 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.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak has been recorded in 6 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Vagrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in September.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
HP61Shetland Islands, Scotland92021unverified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England72001 to 2019unverified
SV80Sea, off Isles of Scilly132007 to 2017unverified
HU33Shetland Islands, Scotland22016unverified
SM72Pembrokeshire, Wales12016unverified
TF74Norfolk, England12006unverified

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.