Common Birds in Stirling
Our list for Stirling has 89 common birds recorded regularly there: 45 residents, 28 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Stirling in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 89, most common first
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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