Uncommon Birds in Wiltshire
Our list for Wiltshire has 66 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 22 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wiltshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–May
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 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