Uncommon Birds in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 96 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 41 residents, 24 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors and 5 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 96, most common first
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerResidentUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
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