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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Somerset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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