Common Birds in Eilean Siar
Our list for Eilean Siar has 108 common birds recorded regularly there: 37 residents, 52 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Eilean Siar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 108, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 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