Common Birds in Dumfries and Galloway
Our list for Dumfries and Galloway has 103 common birds recorded regularly there: 63 residents, 19 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dumfries and Galloway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–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