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
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarceUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly 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