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
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaScarceUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov–May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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