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
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 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