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
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–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