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
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 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