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
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorCommon17–19 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