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 93–103 of 103 species

European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Jan

Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jan–May

European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly May

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC

Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly May–Jul

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
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Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly May

Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–May

Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
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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