Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in October
39 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
39 bird species on our list for North Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw and European Herring Gull. New this month: Common Merganser, Redwing, Long-tailed Tit and Eurasian Wigeon and 5 more.
Residents
(24)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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