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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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