Old World Flycatchers in Cardiff
Our list for Cardiff has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cardiff in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarceRare12–14 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 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