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Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)Where and when to see it in the UK

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

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

Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
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Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Collared 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.

Collared Flycatcher has been recorded in 17 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in May.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
TA41East Riding of Yorkshire, England372010 to 2024unverified
TA42Sea, off East Riding of Yorkshire12024unverified
HY75Sea, off Orkney Islands32019 to 2023unverified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland52013 to 2021unverified
TA31East Riding of Yorkshire, England42019unverified
HU67Sea, off Shetland Islands22019unverified
HU40Shetland Islands, Scotland22015unverified
NT96Scottish Borders, Scotland12014unverified
NU22Northumberland, England122013unverified
TF74Norfolk, England132010 to 2011unverified
NB23Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland12010unverified
SY67Dorset, England212009unverified
SY66Dorset, England132009unverified
NO60Fife, Scotland32009unverified
HU31Shetland Islands, Scotland22006unverified
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland22004unverified
SZ89West Sussex, England42002unverified

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