Uncommon Birds in Shropshire
Our list for Shropshire has 56 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 10 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Shropshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 56, most common first
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–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