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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Orkney Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 53, most common first
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Little AukAlle alleScarceUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusScarceUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarceUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceUncommon110–142 cm
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaSummer visitorUncommon37–42 cmRegularly May–Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
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