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
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common CraneGrus grusScarceRare100–130 cm
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Aug
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–May
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiPassage migrantRare100–210 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusPassage migrantRare90–105 cmRegularly May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May
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