Birds in Angus
173 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Angus has 173 bird species recorded regularly there: 65 residents, 38 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors, 40 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 40,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Angus in September
130 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Woodpigeon
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

European Herring Gull
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Grey Heron
Resident

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident
Arriving in September: Pink-footed Goose, Northern Pintail, Great White Egret, Grey Plover, Common Redpoll, Dipper, Red-legged Partridge, Water Rail and 6 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Angus each month: most in September (130), fewest in December (74). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 173 birds on the list
Showing 47–69 of 173 species

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
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Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly May–Oct

Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May

Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year

Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Dec–Oct

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
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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