Rare Birds in Highland
Our list for Highland has 34 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 5 summer visitors, 16 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Highland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentRare42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorScarceRare22–26 cm
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceRare48–60 cm
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly 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