Uncommon Birds in Poland
Our list for Poland has 100 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 45 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Poland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–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