Lists of Grampian Birds, Scotland

This list is intended for the visiting birdwatcher to the Grampian region, and rather than providing a complete list of Grampian birds which can be had elsewhere, just the easier birds are listed: starting with the "good chance" birds, followed by the "good chance at certain times", and finally the "if you are lucky" birds.

Good chance of seeing these:

Birds present all year round in Grampian. These birds can be said to be "likely to be here" at any time of year- some may take a lot of searching.

Red-throated Diver
Little Grebe
Fulmar
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Eider
Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander

Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Golden Eagle (can be tricky- depends on luck!)
Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine

Red Grouse
Ptarmigan (are well hidden in summer)
Black Grouse (can be tricky)
Capercaillie (can be tricky)
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Pheasant
Moorhen
Coot

Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Lapwing
Golden Plover
Dunlin
Snipe
Curlew
Redshank
Turnstone

Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Razorbill

Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove

Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl (can be tricky)
Short-eared Owl (depends on a good vole year)
Green Woodpecker (can be tricky- small numbers)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (can be tricky- small numbers)

Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Dipper
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Stonechat
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Crested Tit (Morayshire only)
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Treecreeper
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion / Hooded Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Twite
Redpoll
Common Crossbill
Scottish Crossbill
Bullfinch
Snow Bunting
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting

In addition, the following are in Grampian for large parts of the year, some summer or winter visitors, some passage birds over a wide period:

Great Crested Grebe Slavonian Grebe Whooper Swan Pink-footed Goose White-fronted Goose (both races) Barnacle Goose Shelduck Pintail Pochard Scaup King Eider Long-tailed Duck Common Scoter Velvet Scoter Ruddy Duck Marsh Harrier Osprey Water Rail Little Ringed Plover Dotterel Grey Plover Knot Sanderling Little Stint Purple Sandpiper Ruff Jack Snipe Woodcock Bar-tailed Godwit Whimbrel Greenshank Common Sandpiper Arctic Skua Great Skua Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Sandwich Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Little Tern Black Guillemot Little Auk Puffin Cuckoo Swift Kingfisher Sand Martin Swallow House Martin Tree Pipit Waxwing Redstart Whinchat Wheatear Ring Ouzel Fieldfare Redwing Grasshopper Warbler Sedge Warbler Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Wood Warbler Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Spotted Flycatcher Brambling
In addition, the following can be seen for short periods regularly in Grampian (some passage birds, some sporadic visitors:

Great Northern Diver Manx Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Storm Petrel Brent Goose Surf Scoter Smew Garganey Curlew Sandpiper Black-tailed Godwit Spotted Redshank Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Pomarine Skua Long-tailed Skua Little Gull Iceland Gull Yellow Wagtail Black Redstart Reed Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Yellow-browed Warbler Pied Flycatcher Red-backed Shrike Great Grey Shrike Raven
The following are regular but difficult to see or rare:

Black-throated Diver Red-necked Grebe Little Egret Snow Goose Mandarin American Wigeon Grey Phalarope Mediterranean Gull Black Tern Wryneck Bluethroat Icterine Warbler Barred Warbler Pallas' Warbler
Other species on the North-east Scotland list are local rarities and visitors are unlikely to come across them.