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Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks November · Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · BOU category A

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

Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
Lawrence Hylton, CC BY 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.

Taiga Flycatcher: 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.

Taiga Flycatcher 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 November.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
TA26East Riding of Yorkshire, England612003 to 2021unverified
TA27East Riding of Yorkshire, England322003 to 2021unverified
NZ36South Tyneside, England512020unverified
HU69Shetland Islands, Scotland62009unverified
HP50Shetland Islands, Scotland22009unverified
HP40Shetland Islands, Scotland12009unverified
HU35Shetland Islands, Scotland12009unverified
HU46Shetland Islands, Scotland12003unverified

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