Old World Flycatchers in Herefordshire
Our list for Herefordshire has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Herefordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarceRare12–14 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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