Uncommon Birds in Perthshire and Kinross
Our list for Perthshire and Kinross has 45 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 13 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Perthshire and Kinross in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaScarceUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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