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
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 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