Uncommon Birds in Monmouthshire
Our list for Monmouthshire has 34 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 3 summer visitors, 9 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Monmouthshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly May–Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusScarceUncommon40–46 cm
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaScarceUncommon32–34 cm
Common GullLarus canusScarceUncommon40–46 cm
Barn OwlTyto albaScarceUncommon33–39 cm
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaScarceUncommon9–10 cmRegularly May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaScarceUncommon11–13 cm
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 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