Rare Birds in Aberdeen
Our list for Aberdeen has 9 rare birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Aberdeen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusScarceRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceRare59–76 cm
GadwallMareca streperaResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentRare37–43 cmRegularly Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusScarceRare62–68 cm
OspreyPandion haliaetusScarceRare54–58 cm
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceRare13–15 cm
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixScarceRare28–32 cm
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusScarceRare46–51 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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