Uncommon Birds in North Ayrshire
Our list for North Ayrshire has 50 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 9 winter visitors, 21 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 50, most common first
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarceUncommon15–18 cm
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarceUncommon21–24 cm
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRegularly May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarceUncommon12–14 cm
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaScarceUncommon12–15 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