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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusScarceRare32–34 cm
GadwallMareca streperaResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarceRare15–18 cm
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRegularly Jul
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsScarceRare64–81 cm
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarceRare12–14 cmRegularly May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaScarceRare32–34 cm
Tawny OwlStrix alucoScarceRare37–43 cm
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaScarceRare50–58 cm
Barn OwlTyto albaScarceRare33–39 cm
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