Uncommon Birds in Fife
Our list for Fife has 84 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 10 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors, 32 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Fife in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cm
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–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