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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Eilean Siar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 108, most common first
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 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