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Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks September · Reed Warblers and Allies · BOU category A

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

Sykes's Warbler (Iduna rama)
J.M.Garg, 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.

Sykes's 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.

Sykes's Warbler has been recorded in 13 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in September.

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

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
TG04Norfolk, England72021unverified
SW32Cornwall, England42002 to 2018unverified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland112013unverified
SV81Isles of Scilly, England42012unverified
HU42Shetland Islands, Scotland132010unverified
NU20Northumberland, England132010unverified
HP61Shetland Islands, Scotland22010unverified
HU40Shetland Islands, Scotland32008unverified
HY75Sea, off Orkney Islands52002 to 2003unverified
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland12003unverified
TG14Norfolk, England12002unverified
TV59East Sussex, England12002unverified
SY66Dorset, England62000unverified

Spotted an error in a square? Report it and it goes into the review queue. Read the methodology for how classes, flags and sensitive-species rules work. Data to 2026.