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
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 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