Uncommon passage migrant.

Foster (1914) described the Whinchat as, “a common summer visitor in all the district, nesting wherever suitable localities occur”.

They are regularly seen at Norton Green Tip, on spring and autumn migration, and since 2004 have been recorded almost annually. The most seen together there are, five on 27 August 2010. The earliest spring date they have been seen there is 19 April 2006, and the latest autumn date is 29 September 2012 and 29 September 2021. The most recent record is of two on a field next to the Tip on 7 September 2024.

One seen at Norton Green Tip on 23 April 2020 may have been taken by a Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).

Away from Norton Green Tip: two seen at an un-recorded location on 24 September 1969; one at Fairlands Valley on 29 May 1972; one at Aston End on 4 September 1976; single birds at Box Wood and, waste ground at Cartwright Road on 1 May 1984; one at an unrecorded location on 25 April 1995; a late migrating bird near Astonbury on 29 October 1995; one at Lords Farm, Aston on 6 May 1996; one at Dyes Lane on 5 September 2021; two at Lords Farm, Aston End on 3 September 2023.