Uncommon Birds in Wales
Our list for Wales has 94 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 33 residents, 21 summer visitors, 29 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
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 94, most common first
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
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