Uncommon Birds in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 95 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 20 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 45 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
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 95, most common first
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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