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Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks April · Thrushes and Allies · BOU category AF

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

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Ring Ouzel: 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.

Ring Ouzel has been recorded in 1,154 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (39%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in April.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
6% to 100%
Moderate
2% to 6%
Low
under 2%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 1%<1%Low
February 0%<1%Very high
March 8%<1%Very high
April 100%2%Very high
May 29%<1%Very high
June 17%<1%High
July 6%<1%Very high
August 3%<1%Very high
September 8%<1%Low
October 76%1%Very high
November 10%<1%Low
December 1%<1%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in April

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HU24Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU31Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU40Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
NC55Highland, Scotland100%Very high
ND05Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NF09Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland100%Very high
NG81Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NG90Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH07Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH18Highland, Scotland100%Very high

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