Birds in Dundee
90 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Dundee has 90 bird species recorded regularly there: 50 residents, 9 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 17,000 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 Dundee in September
44 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Carrion Crow
Resident
Woodpigeon
Resident
European Herring Gull
Resident
European Robin
Resident
Rock Dove
Resident
Magpie
Resident
Blue Tit
Resident
Eurasian Wren
Resident
Arriving in September: Pink-footed Goose, Song Thrush, Common Gull, Eurasian Jay, Mute Swan, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker and 3 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Dundee each month: most in April (58), fewest in October (38). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 90 birds on the list
Showing 47–69 of 90 species
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec
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Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Dec–Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
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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