Uncommon Birds in Midlothian
Our list for Midlothian has 31 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 5 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 14 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Midlothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceUncommon40–44 cm
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarceUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun
GadwallMareca streperaScarceUncommon46–56 cmRegularly 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