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
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorCommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantCommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–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