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
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceUncommon19–23 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 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