Common Birds in South Ayrshire
Our list for South Ayrshire has 52 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 7 summer visitors and 18 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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