Uncommon Birds in Eilean Siar
Our list for Eilean Siar has 50 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 9 summer visitors, 24 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Eilean Siar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 50, most common first
Great TitParus majorResidentUncommonRegularly Apr–Jan
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaScarceUncommon51–58 cm
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
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