Common Birds in Aberdeen
Our list for Aberdeen has 92 common birds recorded regularly there: 47 residents, 24 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Aberdeen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 92, most common first
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 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