Old World Flycatchers in West Sussex
Our list for West Sussex has 9 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Sussex in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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