Uncommon Birds in West Midlands
Our list for West Midlands has 47 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 11 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Midlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 47, most common first
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraScarceUncommon43–54 cm
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–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