Common Birds in Falkirk
Our list for Falkirk has 92 common birds recorded regularly there: 51 residents, 16 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Falkirk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 92, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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