Common Birds in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 84 common birds recorded regularly there: 37 residents, 21 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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