Common Birds in Scottish Borders
Our list for Scottish Borders has 97 common birds recorded regularly there: 52 residents, 25 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Scottish Borders in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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