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
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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