Birds to See in Eilean Siar in October
128 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
128 bird species on our list for Eilean Siar are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Common Starling, Hooded Crow, Great Black-backed Gull and Greylag Goose. New this month: Redwing, Long-tailed Duck, Goldeneye and Barnacle Goose and 20 more.
New in October24
- Redwing
- Long-tailed Duck
- Goldeneye
- Barnacle Goose
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Purple Sandpiper
- Fieldfare
- Blackcap
- Brambling
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Northern Pintail
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Jackdaw
- Treecreeper
- Lapland Longspur
- Long-tailed Tit
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Jack Snipe
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Garden Warbler
- American Golden-Plover
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Water Rail
- Pectoral Sandpiper
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(39)Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct
Summer visitors
(48)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arcticaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Passage migrants
(29)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Oct
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Scarce visitors
(3)Recorded in some years but not every year
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