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
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisScarceUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
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