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 · Oct
Share 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
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisScarceUncommon13–14 cm
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Dec–May
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cmRegularly May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–May
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaPassage migrantUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaRecords withheldUncommon34–36 cm
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaScarceUncommon63–73 cm
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