Uncommon Birds in Dumfries and Galloway
Our list for Dumfries and Galloway has 61 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 9 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dumfries and Galloway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 61, most common first
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May–Feb
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusScarceUncommon19–23 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