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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Moray in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 65, most common first
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataScarceUncommon48–60 cm
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
SmewMergellus albellusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusScarceUncommon34–43 cm
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensScarceUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusScarceUncommon23–24 cm
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep
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