Uncommon Birds in West Dunbartonshire
Our list for West Dunbartonshire has 12 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
All 12, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisScarceUncommon65–80 cm
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaScarceUncommon13–14 cm
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisScarceUncommon16–17 cm
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoScarceUncommon37–43 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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