Sylviid Warblers in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 5 sylviid warblers recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lesser Whitethroat 11–13 cm
- Subalpine Warbler 11–13 cm
- Blackcap 13–15 cm
- Whitethroat 13–15 cm
- Garden Warbler 14–15 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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