Uncommon Birds in Pembrokeshire
Our list for Pembrokeshire has 80 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 18 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 43 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Pembrokeshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 80, most common first
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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