Common Birds in Perthshire and Kinross
Our list for Perthshire and Kinross has 94 common birds recorded regularly there: 64 residents, 18 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Perthshire and Kinross in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 94, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
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