Uncommon Birds in Renfrewshire
Our list for Renfrewshire has 43 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 5 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Renfrewshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jan
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentUncommon44–51 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusScarceUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusScarceUncommon13–14 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