Uncommon Birds in Highland
Our list for Highland has 65 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 17 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 2 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 65, most common first
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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