Birds in Perthshire and Kinross
143 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Perthshire and Kinross has 143 bird species recorded regularly there: 69 residents, 31 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 76,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Perthshire and Kinross in September
95 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Woodpigeon
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Chaffinch
Resident

Blue Tit
Resident

Mallard
Resident

Great Tit
Resident
Arriving in September: Pink-footed Goose, Whooper Swan, Pochard, Northern Pintail, Greater Scaup.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Perthshire and Kinross each month: most in May (116), fewest in November (85). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 143 birds on the list
Showing 70–92 of 143 species

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jul

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year

Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
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Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year

Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year

Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year

Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Nov

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Aug

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year

Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year

Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan

Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
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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