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
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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