Thrushes in South Ayrshire
Our list for South Ayrshire has 5 thrushes recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 4 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 5, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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