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
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioScarceUncommon16–18 cm
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
Little AukAlle alleScarceUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly May
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan
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