Uncommon Birds in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 70 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 43 summer visitors and 26 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
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