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Veery (Catharus fuscescens)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks September · Thrushes and Allies · BOU category A

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

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Rhododendrites, 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.

Veery: 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.

Veery has been recorded in 7 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
HU46Shetland Islands, Scotland372023unverified
HU41Shetland Islands, Scotland12023unverified
HY75Sea, off Orkney Islands42002 to 2015unverified
NM47Highland, Scotland52011unverified
HU56Shetland Islands, Scotland62009unverified
HT93Shetland Islands, Scotland12009unverified
HP61Shetland Islands, Scotland22005unverified

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