Birds in West Dunbartonshire
103 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for West Dunbartonshire has 103 bird species recorded regularly there: 49 residents, 23 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 10,000 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 West Dunbartonshire in September
43 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

European Robin
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Blue Tit
Resident

Jackdaw
Resident

Mallard
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

Mute Swan
Resident
Arriving in September: Common Merganser, Eurasian Collared Dove, Moorhen, Common Gull, Stonechat, Redshank, Meadow Pipit, Greylag Goose and 2 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in West Dunbartonshire each month: most in May (82), fewest in November (22). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 103 birds on the list
Showing 70–92 of 103 species

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Mar

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jan–Apr

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Sep

Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr

Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jun

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–May
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Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Jun

Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Aug

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Apr–May

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly May–Jun

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jan–May

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Jan–Jun

Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–May

Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Sep

Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jan
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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