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
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusScarceCommon29–31 cm
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