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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Staffordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–May
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun
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