Birds in Renfrewshire
125 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Renfrewshire has 125 bird species recorded regularly there: 64 residents, 15 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors, 25 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 36,000 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 Renfrewshire in September
79 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Carrion Crow
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Great Tit
Resident

Mute Swan
Resident

Blue Tit
Resident
Arriving in September: Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Northern Shoveler, Little Grebe, Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Jay, Water Rail, Eurasian Skylark and 8 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Renfrewshire each month: most in May (92), fewest in July (64). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 125 birds on the list
Showing 47–69 of 125 species

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year

Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
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Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov

Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year

Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan

Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jan–Oct

Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Aug

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun

Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
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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