Uncommon Birds in Dundee
Our list for Dundee has 22 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 3 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dundee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceUncommon34–58 cm
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaScarceUncommon40–51 cm
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRegularly May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceUncommon40–44 cm
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusScarceUncommon19–23 cm
European ShagGulosus aristotelisScarceUncommon65–80 cm
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisScarceUncommon14–15 cm
DipperCinclus cinclusScarceUncommon17–20 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sedge Warbler 12–13 cm
- Sand Martin 12–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Reed Bunting 14–16 cm
- Meadow Pipit 14–15 cm
- Rock Pipit 16–18 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Dipper 17–20 cm
- Bohemian Waxwing 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Tawny Owl 37–43 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
- European Shag 65–80 cm
- Greylag Goose 75–90 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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