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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
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