Common Birds in South Lanarkshire
Our list for South Lanarkshire has 88 common birds recorded regularly there: 50 residents, 25 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Lanarkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 88, most common first
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 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