Common Birds in Glasgow
Our list for Glasgow has 64 common birds recorded regularly there: 45 residents, 13 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Glasgow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 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