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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in East Lothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 74, most common first
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceUncommon28–34 cm
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioScarceUncommon16–18 cm
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–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