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
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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