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Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks October · Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · BOU category A

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

Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.

Rock 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.

Rock Thrush has been recorded in 8 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in October.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SV91Isles of Scilly, England52017 to 2021unverified
SO21Monmouthshire, Wales1342017unverified
SN97Powys, Wales122017unverified
SO40Monmouthshire, Wales22017unverified
SO12Powys, Wales22017unverified
SO20Torfaen, Wales12017unverified
TA41East Riding of Yorkshire, England182011 to 2013unverified
NK15Aberdeenshire, Scotland22013unverified

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