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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Fife in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceUncommon80–104 cm
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
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