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.

All 130 birds in September

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.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)47 families

All 173 birds on the list

Showing 162–173 of 173 species

Lesser Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat

Curruca currucaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Skua

Great Skua

Stercorarius skuaLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Aug–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Ardenna griseaNT

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Aug–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hooded Crow

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornixLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Loon

Common Loon

Gavia immerLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hen Harrier

Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Twite

Twite

Linaria flavirostrisLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Tern

Little Tern

Sternula albifronsLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeusLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropusLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pochard

Pochard

Aythya ferinaVU

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
European Green Woodpecker

European Green Woodpecker

Picus viridisLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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