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
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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