Common Birds in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 87 common birds recorded regularly there: 60 residents, 19 summer visitors and 8 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 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