Birds in South Lanarkshire
106 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for South Lanarkshire has 106 bird species recorded regularly there: 57 residents, 25 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 17,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in South Lanarkshire in September
68 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Woodpigeon
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Magpie
Resident

Mallard
Resident

Buzzard
Resident

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Resident
Arriving in September: Common Starling, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Goldcrest, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Gull, Reed Bunting and 5 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in South Lanarkshire each month: most in May (85), fewest in December (48). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 106 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 106 species

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Jul

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug

Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
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Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov

Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jan

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Feb

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Sep

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
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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