Old World Flycatchers in United Kingdom
Our list for United Kingdom has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 7 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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