Rare Birds in Connaught
Our list for Connaught has 28 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 winter visitor, 21 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Connaught in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Common Reed-warbler 13–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Garden Warbler 14–15 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 cm
- Yellow Wagtail 15–17 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- European Turtle-dove 26–28 cm
- Stock Dove 32–34 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Balearic Shearwater 35–40 cm
- Garganey 37–41 cm
- Red Grouse 37–42 cm
- Long-tailed Jaeger 48–58 cm
- Surf Scoter 48–60 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- American Black Duck 54–59 cm
- Glossy Ibis 48–66 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 cm
- Canada Goose 76–110 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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