Birds to See in North Ayrshire in October
89 bird species on our list for North Ayrshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, European Robin and Magpie. New this month: Goldeneye, Tufted Duck, Fieldfare and Redwing and 6 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From North Ayrshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 89 birds in October
89 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.95% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.48% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.88% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.08% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.05% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.92% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.73% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.60% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.60% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.51% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.51% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.48% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.35% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct · 0.13% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
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