Uncommon Birds in Flintshire
Our list for Flintshire has 41 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 20 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Flintshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusScarceUncommon24–33 cm
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceUncommon58–70 cm
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
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