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
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 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