Rare Birds in Aberdeenshire
Our list for Aberdeenshire has 6 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Aberdeenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusScarceRare46–51 cm
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusScarceRare13–14 cm
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusScarceRare16–18 cm
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Crested Tit 11–12 cm
- Common Reed-warbler 13–14 cm
- Parrot Crossbill 16–18 cm
- Common Quail 16–18 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
- Arctic Loon 58–77 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