Birds of Orkney Islands

361 bird species have been recorded in Orkney Islands on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 361 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.

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Birds to know first

• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• American PipitAnthus rubescens
• American RobinTurdus migratorius
• American WigeonMareca americana
• Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
• Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
• Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii
• Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
• Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Barn OwlTyto alba
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
• Black SwanCygnus atratus
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
• Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
• Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
• Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus

The full checklist — 361 birds of Orkney Islands in our library

• American Golden Plover
• American Pipit
• American Robin
• American Wigeon
• Amur Stonechat
• Arctic Tern
• Arctic Warbler
• Atlantic Puffin
• Baird’s Sandpiper
• Balearic Shearwater
• Bar-headed Goose
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Barn Owl
• Barn Swallow
• Barnacle Goose
• Barred Warbler
• Black Guillemot
• Black Kite
• Black Redstart
• Black Swan
• Black Tern
• Black-faced Bunting
• Black-headed Bunting
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-legged Kittiwake
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Black-throated Loon
• Black-throated Thrush
• Blue Rock Thrush
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
• Blue-winged Teal
• Bluethroat
• Blyth’s Reed Warbler
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Bonaparte’s Gull
• Booted Warbler
• Brambling
• Brant Goose
• Brown Booby
• Brown Shrike
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Calandra Lark
• Canada Goose
• Carrion Crow
• Chestnut Bunting
• Cirl Bunting
• Citrine Wagtail
• Coal Tit
• Collared Flycatcher
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chiffchaff
• Common Crane
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Eider
• Common Firecrest
• Common Goldeneye
• Common Grasshopper Warbler
• Common Greenshank
• Common Gull
• Common Hoopoe
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Linnet
• Common Loon
• Common Merganser
• Common Moorhen
• Common Murre
• Common Nightingale
• Common Pheasant
• Common Pochard
• Common Quail
• Common Redshank
• Common Redstart
• Common Reed Bunting
• Common Reed Warbler
• Common Ringed Plover
• Common Rosefinch
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Scoter
• Common Shelduck
• Common Snipe
• Common Starling
• Common Swift
• Common Tern
• Common Whitethroat
• Common Wood Pigeon
• Corn Bunting
• Corn Crake
• Cory’s Shearwater
• Cretzschmar’s Bunting
• Curlew Sandpiper
• Desert Wheatear
• Desertas Petrel
• Dunlin
• Dunnock
• Dusky Warbler
• Eastern Subalpine Warbler
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail
• Eurasian Bittern
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Blue Tit
• Eurasian Bullfinch
• Eurasian Chaffinch
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Crag Martin
• Eurasian Curlew
• Eurasian Dotterel
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Goshawk
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Scops Owl
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Stone-curlew
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Treecreeper
• Eurasian Whimbrel
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Eurasian Woodcock
• Eurasian Wren
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Golden Plover
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Herring Gull
• European Honey Buzzard
• European Nightjar
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Red-rumped Swallow
• European Robin
• European Rock Pipit
• European Roller
• European Shag
• European Stonechat
• European Storm Petrel
• European Turtle Dove
• Eyebrowed Thrush
• Fieldfare
• Franklin’s Gull
• Gadwall
• Garden Warbler
• Garganey
• Glaucous Gull
• Glossy Ibis
• Goldcrest
• Golden Eagle
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Great Cormorant
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Egret
• Great Grey Shrike
• Great Reed Warbler
• Great Shearwater
• Great Skua
• Great Snipe
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Great Tit
• Greater Scaup
• Greater Short-toed Lark
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Green Sandpiper
• Green Warbler
• Greenish Warbler
• Grey Heron
• Grey Plover
• Grey Wagtail
• Greylag Goose
• Harlequin Duck
• Hawfinch
• Hen Harrier
• Hooded Crow
• Horned Grebe
• Horned Lark
• House Sparrow
• Hume’s Leaf Warbler
• Iberian Chiffchaff
• Iceland Gull
• Icterine Warbler
• Isabelline Shrike
• Jack Snipe
• King Eider
• Lanceolated Warbler
• Lapland Longspur
• Laughing Gull
• Leach’s Storm Petrel
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Lesser Scaup
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Little Auk
• Little Bunting
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Gull
• Little Ringed Plover
• Little Stint
• Little Tern
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Long-eared Owl
• Long-tailed Duck
• Long-tailed Jaeger
• Long-tailed Tit
• Mallard
• Mandarin Duck
• Manx Shearwater
• Marsh Warbler
• Meadow Pipit
• Mediterranean Gull
• Melodious Warbler
• Merlin
• Mistle Thrush
• Mourning Dove
• Mute Swan
• Myrtle Warbler
• Northern Fulmar
• Northern Gannet
• Northern Harrier
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Raven
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Wheatear
• Olive-backed Pipit
• Oriental Turtle Dove
• Ortolan Bunting
• Osprey
• Pacific Golden Plover
• Paddyfield Warbler
• Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler
• Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
• Pallas’s Rosefinch
• Pallid Harrier
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Parrot Crossbill
• Pechora Pipit
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pied Avocet
• Pied Wheatear
• Pine Bunting
• Pink-footed Goose
• Pomarine Jaeger
• Purple Sandpiper
• Radde’s Warbler
• Razorbill
• Red Crossbill
• Red Grouse
• Red Kite
• Red Knot
• Red Phalarope
• Red-backed Shrike
• Red-breasted Flycatcher
• Red-breasted Goose
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Red-flanked Bluetail
• Red-legged Partridge
• Red-necked Grebe
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Red-tailed Shrike
• Red-throated Loon
• Red-throated Pipit
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Redpoll
• Redwing
• Richard’s Pipit
• Ring Ouzel
• Ring-billed Gull
• Ring-necked Duck
• River Warbler
• Rock Dove
• Rook
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Roseate Tern
• Rosy Starling
• Rough-legged Buzzard
• Ruddy Duck
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Ruff
• Rufous-tailed Robin
• Rustic Bunting
• Sabine’s Gull
• Sand Martin
• Sanderling
• Sandhill Crane
• Sandwich Tern
• Savi’s Warbler
• Sedge Warbler
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Short-eared Owl
• Siberian Accentor
• Siberian Blue Robin
• Siberian Rubythroat
• Siberian Stonechat
• Siberian Thrush
• Smew
• Snow Bunting
• Snow Goose
• Snowy Owl
• Song Thrush
• Sooty Shearwater
• Spanish Sparrow
• Spotted Crake
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Spotted Redshank
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Steller’s Eider
• Stock Dove
• Surf Scoter
• Swainson’s Thrush
• Sykes’s Warbler
• Taiga Bean Goose
• Tawny Pipit
• Temminck’s Stint
• Thrush Nightingale
• Tree Pipit
• Tufted Duck
• Tundra Bean Goose
• Twite
• Two-barred Crossbill
• Varied Thrush
• Veery
• Velvet Scoter
• Water Rail
• Western Black-eared Wheatear
• Western Bonelli’s Warbler
• Western Cattle Egret
• Western House Martin
• Western Jackdaw
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Western Subalpine Warbler
• Western Yellow Wagtail
• Whinchat
• White Stork
• White Wagtail
• White-rumped Sandpiper
• White-tailed Eagle
• White-throated Dipper
• White-throated Needletail
• White-winged Tern
• White’s Thrush
• Whooper Swan
• Willow Warbler
• Wilson’s Phalarope
• Wood Sandpiper
• Wood Warbler
• Woodchat Shrike
• Woodlark
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Yellow-billed Loon
• Yellow-browed Bunting
• Yellow-browed Warbler
• Yellowhammer

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Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.