Rare Birds in Dorset
Our list for Dorset has 37 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 winter visitors, 25 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dorset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 37, most common first
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxScarceRare58–65 cm
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Jul–May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusRecords withheldRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceRare66–84 cm
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