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
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
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