Uncommon Birds in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan has 41 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Vale of Glamorgan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 41, most common first
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusScarceUncommon41–46 cm
Barn OwlTyto albaScarceUncommon33–39 cm
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceUncommon33–38 cm
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarceUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaScarceUncommon27–30 cm
HobbyFalco subbuteoScarceUncommon28–35 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