Uncommon Birds in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 106 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 32 residents, 34 summer visitors, 34 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 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