Birds to See in Dundee in October
38 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 bird species on our list for Dundee are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Robin, European Herring Gull and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Skylark, Sparrowhawk and Eurasian Teal and 1 more.
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Jul–Jan
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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