Rare Birds in Leicestershire
Our list for Leicestershire has 32 rare birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 11 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Leicestershire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceRare69–81 cmRegularly Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Mar–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Jun
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
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