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Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks December · Thrushes and Allies · BOU category A

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

Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 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.

Dusky Thrush: 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.

Dusky Thrush has been recorded in 5 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in December.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
NT67East Lothian, Scotland12022unverified
SX45Plymouth, England12018unverified
SK26Derbyshire, England1532016 to 2017unverified
TR36Kent, England572013unverified
TR37Kent, England32013unverified

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