Uncommon Birds in East Lothian
Our list for East Lothian has 74 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 9 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 31 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Lothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
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