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
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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