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
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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