Uncommon Birds in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 103 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 42 summer visitors, 24 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 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