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
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly May
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