Birds to See in Glasgow in October
69 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Glasgow are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Rock Dove and Lesser Black-backed Gull. New this month: Redwing, Whooper Swan, Fieldfare and Goldeneye and 6 more.
Residents
(51)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jul–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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