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
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusScarceCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceCommon50–71 cm
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