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
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantCommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
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