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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in East Lothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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