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
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
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