Old World Flycatchers in Orkney Islands
Our list for Orkney Islands has 9 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Orkney Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–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