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
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
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