Birds in Argyll and Bute
183 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Argyll and Bute has 183 bird species recorded regularly there: 75 residents, 39 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 156,000 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 Argyll and Bute in September
125 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
European Herring Gull
Resident
Hooded Crow
Resident
European Robin
Resident
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Resident
Grey Heron
Resident
Pied Wagtail
Resident
Common Gull
Resident
Curlew
Resident
Arriving in September: Common Loon, Eurasian Wigeon, Whooper Swan, Tufted Duck, Horned Grebe, Brent Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Arctic Loon and 4 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Argyll and Bute each month: most in May (132), fewest in December (110). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 183 birds on the list
Showing 93–115 of 183 species
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Nov–May
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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