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
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaScarceUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–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