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
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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