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
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Jan–May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Feb–May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusScarceUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
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