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
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 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