Common Birds in Angus
Our list for Angus has 113 common birds recorded regularly there: 54 residents, 33 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Angus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 113, most common first
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 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