Old World Flycatchers in East Ayrshire
Our list for East Ayrshire has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 7, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarceUncommon12–14 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 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