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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Aberdeenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaRecords withheldUncommon34–36 cm
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarceUncommon12–14 cm
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