Common Birds in Aberdeenshire
Our list for Aberdeenshire has 100 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 21 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Aberdeenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 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