Uncommon Birds in Aberdeenshire
Our list for Aberdeenshire has 87 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 22 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 36 passage migrants and 5 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 87, most common first
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
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