Common Birds in Midlothian
Our list for Midlothian has 87 common birds recorded regularly there: 58 residents, 18 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Midlothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
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