Common Birds in Dundee
Our list for Dundee has 68 common birds recorded regularly there: 40 residents, 9 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dundee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 68, most common first
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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