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Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks October · Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies · BOU category A

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

Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
Александр Чегодаев, CC0, 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.

Lanceolated Warbler: 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.

Lanceolated Warbler has been recorded in 15 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
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Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland682001 to 2024unverified
HP61Shetland Islands, Scotland302010 to 2024unverified
HY75Sea, off Orkney Islands132009 to 2024unverified
HU42Shetland Islands, Scotland62024unverified
HU43Shetland Islands, Scotland232022unverified
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland42009 to 2021unverified
HU40Shetland Islands, Scotland192008 to 2020unverified
HU31Shetland Islands, Scotland102014 to 2018unverified
HU45Shetland Islands, Scotland12018unverified
HU32Shetland Islands, Scotland12016unverified
HU15Shetland Islands, Scotland52012 to 2015unverified
HU56Shetland Islands, Scotland12012unverified
TA09North Yorkshire, England12012unverified
HU30Shetland Islands, Scotland22009unverified
SV80Sea, off Isles of Scilly12002unverified

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