Birds to See in South Lanarkshire in October
70 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
70 bird species on our list for South Lanarkshire are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Robin, Magpie and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Merganser and Canada Goose and 5 more.
Residents
(46)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Feb
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly May–Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(5)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct
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