Birds in Aberdeenshire

193 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Aberdeenshire has 193 bird species recorded regularly there: 78 residents, 43 summer visitors, 24 winter visitors, 39 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 93,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Aberdeenshire in September

137 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 137 birds in September

Arriving in September: Pink-footed Goose, Whooper Swan, Blackcap, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Common Kingfisher, Tawny Owl, Brent Goose and 7 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Aberdeenshire each month: most in May (144), fewest in December (101). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)52 families

All 193 birds on the list

Showing 185–193 of 193 species

Velvet Scoter

Velvet Scoter

Melanitta fuscaVU

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Jul–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Smew

Smew

Mergellus albellusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Loon

Arctic Loon

Gavia arcticaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatusLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Reed-warbler

Common Reed-warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Crested Tit

Crested Tit

Lophophanes cristatusLC

ResidentRare

Regularly Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Parrot Crossbill

Parrot Crossbill

Loxia pytyopsittacusLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Quail

Common Quail

Coturnix coturnixLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus mutaLC

Records withheld
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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

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