Birds to See in Angus in October
114 bird species on our list for Angus are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Robin, Pink-footed Goose and European Herring Gull. New this month: Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush and Whooper Swan and 7 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Angus’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 114 birds in October
114 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.66% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.23% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.92% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.89% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.82% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.72% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.65% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.65% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.61% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.44% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.44% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.41% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.37% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.34% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.34% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.31% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.31% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.24% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct · 0.10% in Oct
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