Old World Flycatchers in Scottish Borders
Our list for Scottish Borders has 8 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scottish Borders in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct
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
- Black 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