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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly May–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 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