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Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)Where and when to see it in the UK

Vagrant · reporting peaks June · Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · BOU category A

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

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
Charles J. Sharp, 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.

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear: 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.

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear has been recorded in 6 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Vagrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in June.

Conservation status: Not Evaluated (IUCN Red List, NE)
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Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SD34Lancashire, England12019unverified
SD35Lancashire, England12019unverified
SU20Hampshire, England192015unverified
SU10Hampshire, England22015unverified
SV80Sea, off Isles of Scilly12009unverified
SY99Dorset, England102000unverified

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