Old World Flycatchers in Staffordshire
Our list for Staffordshire has 8 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Staffordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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