Uncommon Birds in Somerset
Our list for Somerset has 77 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 21 residents, 10 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Somerset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–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