Old World Flycatchers in Swansea
Our list for Swansea has 5 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Swansea in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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