Uncommon Birds in Orkney Islands
Our list for Orkney Islands has 53 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 7 summer visitors, 36 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Orkney Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesScarceUncommon52–60 cm
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 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