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
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinScarceUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisScarceUncommon16–17 cm
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarceUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Little AukAlle alleScarceUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoScarceUncommon37–43 cm
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusScarceUncommon24–33 cm
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceUncommon18–23 cm
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