Common Birds in East Ayrshire
Our list for East Ayrshire has 97 common birds recorded regularly there: 32 residents, 38 summer visitors, 19 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in East Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
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