Uncommon Birds in Munster
Our list for Munster has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 8 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Munster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaScarceUncommon42–45 cm
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct
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