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
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 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