Uncommon Birds in Rutland
Our list for Rutland has 48 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 8 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rutland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 48, most common first
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
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