Birds to See in North Lanarkshire in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From North Lanarkshire’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 39 birds in October
39 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 6.27% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 6.27% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 5.01% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 4.76% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Oct
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.01% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.51% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.26% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.01% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.01% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.01% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 2.01% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.75% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.75% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.75% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.75% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.50% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.50% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.50% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 1.50% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.25% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.25% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.25% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.25% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.25% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 1.00% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.00% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.00% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.00% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.75% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% 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