Birds to See in East Dunbartonshire in October
38 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 bird species on our list for East Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, European Robin, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Wren and Blue Tit. New this month: European Herring Gull, Goldcrest, Black-headed Gull and Coal Tit and 14 more.
New in October18
Residents
(27)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Sep–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly May–Oct
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(3)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