Uncommon Birds in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 115 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 36 summer visitors, 34 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 115, most common first
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made