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
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaScarceUncommon32–34 cm
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly May
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarceUncommon14–16 cm
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarceUncommon37–60 cm
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceUncommon41–49 cm
GarganeySpatula querquedulaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
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