Rare Birds in Warwickshire
Our list for Warwickshire has 19 rare birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 4 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
All 19, most common first
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceRare46–56 cm
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisScarceRare65–80 cm
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraScarceRare16–19 cm
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorScarceRare52–58 cm
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceRare58–70 cm
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusScarceRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Tree Pipit 14–16 cm
- Corn Bunting 16–19 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
- Red-breasted Merganser 52–58 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Barnacle Goose 58–70 cm
- European Shag 65–80 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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