Birds to See in West Dunbartonshire in October
48 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for West Dunbartonshire are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, European Robin, Woodpigeon and Magpie. New this month: Redwing, Rock Dove, Dunnock and Eurasian Siskin and 9 more.
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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