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
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Common LoonGavia immerScarceUncommon66–91 cm
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceUncommon20–32 cm
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 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