Birds in Scottish Borders
167 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Scottish Borders has 167 bird species recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 33 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 43 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 45,000 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 Scottish Borders in September
119 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
European Robin
Resident
Woodpigeon
Resident
Carrion Crow
Resident
Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Jackdaw
Resident
Blue Tit
Resident
Chiffchaff
Summer visitor
European Herring Gull
Resident
Arriving in September: Eurasian Wigeon, Pink-footed Goose, Tawny Owl, Yellow-browed Warbler, Gadwall, European Pied Flycatcher, Barnacle Goose, Red-legged Partridge and 10 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Scottish Borders each month: most in September (119), fewest in December (63). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 167 birds on the list
Showing 162–167 of 167 species
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Frequently Asked Questions
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