Birds in Midlothian

118 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Midlothian has 118 bird species recorded regularly there: 63 residents, 23 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 62,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Midlothian in September

80 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 80 birds in September

Arriving in September: Eurasian Skylark, Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Great Cormorant, Sedge Warbler, Great Black-backed Gull, Merlin.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Midlothian each month: most in April (97), fewest in November (78). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)42 families

All 118 birds on the list

Showing 116–118 of 118 species

Grey Partridge

Grey Partridge

Perdix perdixLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Whinchat

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetraLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gadwall

Gadwall

Mareca streperaLC

ScarceUncommon

Regularly Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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