Uncommon Birds in Staffordshire
Our list for Staffordshire has 70 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 18 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 70, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul
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