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
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 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