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
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 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