Uncommon Birds in Aberdeen
Our list for Aberdeen has 53 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 4 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 21 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Aberdeen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarceUncommon15–18 cm
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataScarceUncommon14–16 cm
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May
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