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.

All 68 birds in September

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.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)41 families

All 106 birds on the list

Showing 93–106 of 106 species

Common Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadornaLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Garden Warbler

Garden Warbler

Sylvia borinLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly May–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinusLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl

Strix alucoLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Osprey

Osprey

Pandion haliaetusLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticulaLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanusLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Pochard

Pochard

Aythya ferinaVU

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Cuculus canorusLC

ScarceUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Stock Dove

Stock Dove

Columba oenasLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Dunlin

Dunlin

Calidris alpinaLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Tree Pipit

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialisLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Redshank

Redshank

Tringa totanusLC

ScarceUncommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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