Birds in Falkirk
126 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Falkirk has 126 bird species recorded regularly there: 69 residents, 16 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 25,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Falkirk in September
82 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Woodpigeon
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Common Shelduck
Resident

European Herring Gull
Resident

Mallard
Resident

European Robin
Resident
Arriving in September: Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Skylark, Kestrel, Golden Plover, Meadow Pipit, Northern Pintail, Treecreeper, Peregrine Falcon and 7 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Falkirk each month: most in October (87), fewest in March (62). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 126 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 126 species

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–May

Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year

Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
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Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year

Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Jan

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep

Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Feb

Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
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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