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
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorCommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentCommon41–52 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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