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 WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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