Common Birds in Edinburgh
Our list for Edinburgh has 75 common birds recorded regularly there: 53 residents, 14 summer visitors and 8 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Edinburgh in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 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