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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Lanarkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 88, most common first
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 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