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
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 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