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 · Oct
Share 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
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 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