Birds in Glasgow
100 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Glasgow has 100 bird species recorded regularly there: 59 residents, 17 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 52,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Glasgow in September
64 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Magpie
Resident
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Summer visitor
Rock Dove
Resident
Woodpigeon
Resident
Carrion Crow
Resident
European Robin
Resident
Blue Tit
Resident
Jackdaw
Resident
Arriving in September: Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Stock Dove, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Collared Dove, Gadwall, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pochard and 2 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Glasgow each month: most in May (71), fewest in December (53). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 100 birds on the list
Showing 93–100 of 100 species
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Jul
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Nov
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Frequently Asked Questions
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