Birds in East Ayrshire
100 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for East Ayrshire has 100 bird species recorded regularly there: 32 residents, 38 summer visitors, 19 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 6,024 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 East Ayrshire in September
24 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Buzzard
Summer visitor
Meadow Pipit
Summer visitor
Carrion Crow
Resident
European Robin
Summer visitor
Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Chaffinch
Resident
Mallard
Resident
Jackdaw
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Mute Swan, Willow Warbler, Coal Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Eurasian Teal and 4 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in East Ayrshire each month: most in May (72), fewest in October (9). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 100 birds on the list
Showing 93–100 of 100 species
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Frequently Asked Questions
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