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
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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