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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Glasgow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 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