Uncommon Birds in Anglesey
Our list for Anglesey has 67 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 10 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Anglesey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 67, most common first
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusScarceUncommon15–16 cm
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaScarceUncommon58–77 cm
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cm
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceUncommon48–66 cm
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