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
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
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