Uncommon Birds in Argyll and Bute
Our list for Argyll and Bute has 64 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 18 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 20 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Argyll and Bute in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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