Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)Where and when to see it in the UK
Scarce migrant · reporting peaks January · Swallows · BOU category A

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.
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 Red-rumped Swallow has been recorded in 37 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in January.
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (IUCN Red List, NE)
View on the IUCN Red ListRecords by 10 km square
| Square | Where | Records | Years | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH87 | Conwy, Wales | 1 | 2023 | unverified |
| ST16 | Vale of Glamorgan, Wales | 2 | 2022 | unverified |
| TA41 | East Riding of Yorkshire, England | 1 | 2022 | unverified |
| SV91 | Isles of Scilly, England | 1 | 2022 | unverified |
| SS49 | Swansea, Wales | 8 | 2019 | unverified |
| SS78 | Neath Port Talbot, Wales | 2 | 2019 | unverified |
| ST38 | Newport, Wales | 8 | 2012 to 2017 | unverified |
| TM33 | Suffolk, England | 4 | 2012 to 2014 | unverified |
| TM34 | Suffolk, England | 3 | 2013 to 2014 | unverified |
| TM57 | Suffolk, England | 1 | 2014 | unverified |
| TM23 | Suffolk, England | 8 | 2010 to 2013 | unverified |
| TM58 | Suffolk, England | 1 | 2013 | unverified |
| TL16 | Cambridgeshire, England | 23 | 2009 to 2012 | unverified |
| TM46 | Suffolk, England | 8 | 2003 to 2012 | unverified |
| TL19 | Peterborough, England | 4 | 2010 to 2012 | unverified |
| TL57 | Cambridgeshire, England | 2 | 2012 | unverified |
| ST68 | South Gloucestershire, England | 1 | 2012 | unverified |
| TL44 | Cambridgeshire, England | 1 | 2012 | unverified |
| TL56 | Cambridgeshire, England | 1 | 2012 | unverified |
| SJ29 | Wirral, England | 3 | 2008 to 2011 | unverified |
| SK58 | Rotherham, England | 1 | 2011 | unverified |
| SK48 | Rotherham, England | 7 | 2010 | unverified |
| NK02 | Aberdeenshire, Scotland | 5 | 2007 to 2010 | unverified |
| SK61 | Leicestershire, England | 5 | 2009 | unverified |
| TM17 | Suffolk, England | 3 | 2009 | unverified |
| TL48 | Cambridgeshire, England | 3 | 2001 to 2009 | unverified |
| TL87 | Suffolk, England | 1 | 2009 | unverified |
| SP49 | Leicestershire, England | 1 | 2009 | unverified |
| TM45 | Suffolk, England | 1 | 2008 | unverified |
| SJ28 | Wirral, England | 1 | 2008 | unverified |
| NK05 | Aberdeenshire, Scotland | 2 | 2005 | unverified |
| SK51 | Leicestershire, England | 11 | 2004 | unverified |
| SK49 | Rotherham, England | 4 | 2002 to 2004 | unverified |
| SH12 | Gwynedd, Wales | 1 | 2004 | unverified |
| SH28 | Isle of Anglesey, Wales | 1 | 2004 | unverified |
| SJ83 | Staffordshire, England | 1 | 2003 | unverified |
| SR99 | Pembrokeshire, Wales | 1 | 2002 | unverified |