Rare Birds in Cardiff
Our list for Cardiff has 6 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 passage migrant and 5 scarce visitors
All 6, most common first
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Barn Owl 33–39 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Common Scoter 43–54 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