Birds in Dumfries and Galloway
166 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Dumfries and Galloway has 166 bird species recorded regularly there: 74 residents, 28 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 64,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Dumfries and Galloway in September
116 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
European Robin
Resident
Carrion Crow
Resident
Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Jackdaw
Resident
Woodpigeon
Resident
European Herring Gull
Resident
Blue Tit
Resident
Chaffinch
Resident
Arriving in September: Eurasian Wigeon, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Whooper Swan, Northern Pintail, Tufted Duck, Mistle Thrush, Brent Goose and 5 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Dumfries and Galloway each month: most in May (125), fewest in March (105). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 166 birds on the list
Showing 162–166 of 166 species
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Aug
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Frequently Asked Questions
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