Birds in North Ayrshire

141 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for North Ayrshire has 141 bird species recorded regularly there: 65 residents, 20 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 45,000 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 North Ayrshire in September

95 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 95 birds in September

Arriving in September: Eurasian Wigeon, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Red-throated Loon, Golden Plover, Razorbill, Bar-tailed Godwit, Treecreeper and 2 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in North Ayrshire each month: most in April (103), fewest in July (82). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
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Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)46 families

All 141 birds on the list

Showing 139–141 of 141 species

Long-tailed Duck

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalisVU

ScarceUncommon

Regularly Jan

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Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinellaLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly May

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Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl

Strix alucoLC

ScarceRare
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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

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