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 · Oct
Share 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
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresScarceUncommon21–24 cm
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarceUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceUncommon69–81 cm
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaScarceUncommon12–14 cm
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusScarceUncommon13–15 cm
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