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
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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