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
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentCommon37–42 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