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 116–126 of 126 species
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Feb
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Sep
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Sep
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Nov
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Jan
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
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Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly May
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
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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