Uncommon Birds in Powys
Our list for Powys has 42 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 13 summer visitors, 11 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Powys in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 42, most common first
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–May
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
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