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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Falkirk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 92, most common first
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly May–Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Jul–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRegularly Feb–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