Common Birds in West Lothian
Our list for West Lothian has 85 common birds recorded regularly there: 50 residents, 23 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Lothian in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
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