Common Birds in East Lothian
Our list for East Lothian has 104 common birds recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 18 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Lothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
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