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
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
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