Rare Birds in Wales
Our list for Wales has 53 rare birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors, 25 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wales in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentRare47–54 cmRegularly Feb
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusScarceRare22–24 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceRare66–84 cm
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixScarceRare28–32 cm
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusScarceRare13–14 cm
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosScarceRare15–17 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