United Kingdom · Scotland
Girdleness
211 species and 82,836 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and August–October, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
White WagtailMotacilla alba
DunnockPrunella modularis
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 211 species recorded here
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Tit Parus major
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Girdleness?
May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Girdleness?
211 species, from 82,836 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Girdleness in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, Common Gull and Great Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.