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
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 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