Rare Birds in Worcestershire
Our list for Worcestershire has 27 rare birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Worcestershire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 27, most common first
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Bearded Tit 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Little Owl 21–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Ring Ouzel 23–24 cm
- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 cm
- Western Marsh-harrier 48–56 cm
- Red-crested Pochard 53–57 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Ruddy Shelduck 58–70 cm
- Pink-footed Goose 60–75 cm
- Eurasian Bittern 69–81 cm
- Whooper Swan 140–165 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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