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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 68, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
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