Birds to See in Aberdeen in October
100 bird species on our list for Aberdeen are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie and Woodpigeon. New this month: Redwing, Goldeneye, Long-tailed Tit and Fieldfare and 11 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Aberdeen’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 100 birds in October
100 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.41% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.26% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.20% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.91% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.63% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.61% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.44% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.42% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.34% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.31% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.24% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.19% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.19% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusScarceRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in 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