Uncommon Birds in Falkirk
Our list for Falkirk has 34 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 13 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Falkirk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
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