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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Highland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 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