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Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks October · Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · BOU category AF

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

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Tisha Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Black Redstart: 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.

Black Redstart has been recorded in 876 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (29%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
5% to 100%
Moderate
1% to 5%
Low
under 1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 38%<1%Very high
February 30%<1%Very high
March 46%<1%Very high
April 35%<1%Very high
May 14%<1%Very high
June 9%<1%Very high
July 8%<1%Very high
August 9%<1%Very high
September 16%<1%Very high
October 100%1%Very high
November 67%<1%Very high
December 37%<1%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HU46Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
NK15Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NZ39Northumberland, England100%Very high
NZ53Hartlepool, England100%Very high
SD34Lancashire, England100%Very high
SE14Bradford, England100%Very high
SE18North Yorkshire, England100%Very high
SH49Isle of Anglesey, Wales100%Very high
SJ27Flintshire, Wales100%Very high
SJ29Wirral, England100%Very high

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