Old World Flycatchers in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May
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