Rare Birds in Somerset
Our list for Somerset has 38 rare birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 3 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 14 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Somerset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousScarceRare18–21 cm
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusScarceRare60–75 cm
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jan–May
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceRare50–58 cm
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsScarceRare21–25 cm
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusScarceRare13–14 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceRare66–84 cm
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraScarceRare16–19 cm
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixScarceRare28–32 cm
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxScarceRare58–65 cmRegularly 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