Common Birds in Fife
Our list for Fife has 103 common birds recorded regularly there: 70 residents, 19 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Fife in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
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