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
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusScarceCommon23–28 cm
PochardAythya ferinaScarceCommon42–49 cm
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarceCommon64–79 cm
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceCommon25–27 cm
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataScarceCommon44–51 cm
MerlinFalco columbariusScarceCommon24–33 cm
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
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