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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
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