Birds in Moray
170 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Moray has 170 bird species recorded regularly there: 69 residents, 31 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 31 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 58,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Moray in September
117 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
European Herring Gull
Resident
Carrion Crow
Resident
Woodpigeon
Resident
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Resident
Great Black-backed Gull
Resident
Great Cormorant
Resident
Curlew
Resident
European Robin
Resident
Arriving in September: Goldeneye, Pink-footed Goose, Common Scoter, Purple Sandpiper, Whooper Swan, Velvet Scoter, Northern Pintail, Crested Tit and 10 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Moray each month: most in May (118), fewest in March (98). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 170 birds on the list
Showing 162–170 of 170 species
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Little Auk
Alle alleLC
Regularly Nov
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Aug
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
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Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
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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