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
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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