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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Aberdeenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 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