Old World Flycatchers in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vale of Glamorgan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarceUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black 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