Uncommon Birds in Stockton-on-Tees
Our list for Stockton-on-Tees has 58 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 5 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 16 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Stockton-on-Tees in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 58, most common first
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusScarceUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusScarceUncommon11–13 cm
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
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