Common Birds in Orkney Islands
Our list for Orkney Islands has 109 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 53 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Orkney Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsScarceCommon64–81 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