Common Birds in Argyll and Bute
Our list for Argyll and Bute has 106 common birds recorded regularly there: 64 residents, 21 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Argyll and Bute in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 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