Old World Flycatchers in West Midlands
Our list for West Midlands has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Midlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceRare13–15 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 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