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White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks April · New World Sparrows · BOU category AE

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

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.

White-throated Sparrow: 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.

White-throated Sparrow has been recorded in 19 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in April.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
NT69Sea, off Fife12026unverified
HU40Shetland Islands, Scotland22006 to 2025unverified
SH12Gwynedd, Wales32023unverified
SJ67Cheshire West and Chester, England22022unverified
SS87Bridgend, Wales12022unverified
TQ41East Sussex, England962021unverified
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland12021unverified
TM23Suffolk, England52014unverified
NS09Argyll and Bute, Scotland12014unverified
SX09Cornwall, England52010unverified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland52003 to 2010unverified
TM24Suffolk, England42010unverified
SU62Hampshire, England372008 to 2009unverified
SJ47Cheshire West and Chester, England152008 to 2009unverified
SU43Hampshire, England12009unverified
SD45Lancashire, England22008unverified
SV80Sea, off Isles of Scilly12007unverified
SJ28Wirral, England52003unverified
TA27East Riding of Yorkshire, England222002unverified

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