Uncommon Birds in Cardiff
Our list for Cardiff has 54 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 1 summer visitor, 18 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cardiff in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 54, most common first
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriScarceUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Nov
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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