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
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 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