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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Aug–May
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 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