Rare Birds in Orkney Islands
Our list for Orkney Islands has 6 rare birds recorded regularly there: 2 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
All 6, most common first
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaScarceRare66–94 cm
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisScarceRare13–14 cm
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusScarceRare48–58 cm
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaScarceRare16–18 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Marsh Warbler 13–14 cm
- Wryneck 16–18 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Long-tailed Jaeger 48–58 cm
- White-tailed Sea-eagle 66–94 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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