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
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRegularly May–Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct
CorncrakeCrex crexRecords withheldUncommon22–30 cm
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisScarceUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceUncommon48–66 cm
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Jun
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