Uncommon Birds in Swansea
Our list for Swansea has 48 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Swansea in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 48, most common first
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataScarceUncommon53–69 cm
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusScarceUncommon48–56 cm
Common TernSterna hirundoScarceUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaScarceUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceUncommon33–38 cm
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaScarceUncommon9–10 cm
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaScarceUncommon11–13 cm
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusScarceUncommon14–17 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