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BBS Route · Virginia · BCR 27

Surry Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 103 species recorded across 38 survey years, still active.

103Species RecordedSpecies recordedDistinct species detected on standard-protocol BBS runs here across all years on record — a measure of survey breadth, not a complete checklist.Full methodology →
38Years SurveyedYears surveyedNumber of years with at least one standard-protocol run in this geography. A longer record makes the trend more reliable.Full methodology →
1977–2025Span
8Observers

Bird Species Found on Virginia Surry

Top 40 of 103 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Surry route.
Recent countThe raw number of individuals recorded on this route in its most recent survey year. A single-route tally, not a trend.Full methodology →TrendPercent change in the route-weighted abundance index between a smoothed baseline window and the most recent one. It tracks direction, not absolute population.Full methodology →Baseline yearThe first year of the smoothed window the trend is measured from. An earlier baseline means a longer record stands behind the number.Full methodology →History
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae602025+82%1979
Northern CardinalCardinalidae522025+125%1979
Mourning DoveColumbidae502025-28%1979
American CrowCorvidae442025+56%1979
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae342025+336%1979
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae342025+28%1979
Tufted TitmouseParidae292025+84%1979
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae252025+196%1979
Acadian FlycatcherTyrannidae242025+470%1979
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae222025+129%1979
Wood ThrushTurdidae202025-54%1979
Field SparrowPasserellidae192025+429%1979
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae182025+139%1979
White-eyed VireoVireonidae182025+246%1979
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae162025+86%1979
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae152025+439%1981
Common YellowthroatParulidae142025+8%1979
Summer TanagerCardinalidae122025+35%1979
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae122025+17%1979
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae122025+81%1979
Eastern TowheePasserellidae112025-57%1979
Yellow-throated WarblerParulidae112024+260%1990
European StarlingSturnidae102025-77%1979
Northern MockingbirdMimidae92025+6%1979
Yellow-throated VireoVireonidae92025+300%1980
Northern BobwhiteOdontophoridae82025-87%1979
Great Crested FlycatcherTyrannidae82025+73%1979
Chimney SwiftApodidae72025-79%1979
Common GrackleIcteridae72025-60%1979
OvenbirdParulidae72025+50%1979
Carolina ChickadeeParidae72025+164%1979
Laughing GullLaridae71999+350%1987
Rock PigeonColumbidae62024+560%1979
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae62024-38%1979
Prothonotary WarblerParulidae62025+333%1980
American RobinTurdidae62025-70%1979
Downy WoodpeckerPicidae52025+83%1979
Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgidae52025+100%1980
Canada GooseAnatidae52025+0%1999
OspreyPandionidae52025+375%2000

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-08-14. A route is a sample, not a census.