Common Birds in North Ayrshire
Our list for North Ayrshire has 90 common birds recorded regularly there: 53 residents, 20 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 90, most common first
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 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