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
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusScarceCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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