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
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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