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
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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