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
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaWinter visitorCommon37–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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