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
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–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