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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Powys in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 42, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common GullLarus canusScarceUncommon40–46 cm
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaScarceUncommon26–29 cm
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusScarceUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusScarceUncommon24–33 cm
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaScarceUncommon21–23 cm
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaScarceUncommon9–10 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