Old World Flycatchers in Flintshire
Our list for Flintshire has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Flintshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common 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