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Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks September · New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies · BOU category AE

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

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
David Menke, 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.

Baltimore Oriole: 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.

Baltimore Oriole has been recorded in 6 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant 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
D05Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland32023unverified
SS14Devon, England12022unverified
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland22013unverified
SV81Isles of Scilly, England32011unverified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England32011unverified
SP50Oxfordshire, England772003 to 2004unverified

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