Uncommon Birds in Worcestershire
Our list for Worcestershire has 53 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 13 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 3 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 53, most common first
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceUncommon46–56 cm
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec
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