Uncommon Birds in West Yorkshire
Our list for West Yorkshire has 68 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 20 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 68, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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