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
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorCommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
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