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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Edinburgh in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 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