Uncommon Birds in Moray
Our list for Moray has 65 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 6 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 30 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Moray in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 65, most common first
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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