Common Birds in Highland
Our list for Highland has 101 common birds recorded regularly there: 66 residents, 24 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Highland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 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