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
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
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