Uncommon Birds in South Ayrshire
Our list for South Ayrshire has 55 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 8 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
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 55, most common first
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–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