Rare Birds in South Ayrshire
Our list for South Ayrshire has 43 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 4 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentRare40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceRare44–51 cm
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaScarceRare27–30 cm
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentRare43–54 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentRare44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceRare39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentRare16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusScarceRare46–51 cm
Common LoonGavia immerResidentRare66–91 cmRegularly Dec–May
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