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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Eilean Siar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 50, most common first
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly May–Jul
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentUncommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cm
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Sep
CorncrakeCrex crexRecords withheldUncommon22–30 cm
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarceUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaScarceUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusScarceUncommon26–29 cm
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly May–Jul
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