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
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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