Common Birds in Moray
Our list for Moray has 104 common birds recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 25 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Moray in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 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

