Uncommon Birds in Germany
Our list for Germany has 124 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 52 summer visitors, 33 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 124, most common first
Common GullLarus canusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 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