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
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly May–Nov
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