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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Midlothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 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