Uncommon Birds in Glasgow
Our list for Glasgow has 35 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 9 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Glasgow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusSummer visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusScarceUncommon13–14 cm
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 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