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
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxWinter visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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