Uncommon Birds in Ceredigion
Our list for Ceredigion has 59 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 6 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Ceredigion in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 59, most common first
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceUncommon50–71 cm
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarceUncommon55–66 cm
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Dec
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