Uncommon Birds in Angus
Our list for Angus has 60 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 5 summer visitors, 31 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Angus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusScarceUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusScarceUncommon14–17 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