Birds in Stirling
123 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Stirling has 123 bird species recorded regularly there: 55 residents, 33 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 46,000 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 Stirling in September
75 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

European Robin
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

Blue Tit
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Chaffinch
Resident

Great Tit
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Eurasian Wren
Resident
Arriving in September: Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Skylark, Reed Bunting, Common Snipe, Eurasian Teal, Yellowhammer, Barn Owl, European Shag.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Stirling each month: most in May (96), fewest in December (69). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 123 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 123 species

Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year

Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
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Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year

Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Nov–Aug

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year

Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
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