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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Moray in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 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