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 MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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