United Kingdom · Scotland
Musselburgh – Levenhall Links
241 species and 46,924 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and July–September, with up to 124 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aberlady Bay LNR13 km232 species
All 241 species recorded here
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Nene Branta sandvicensis
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Musselburgh – Levenhall Links?
May and July–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 124 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Musselburgh – Levenhall Links?
241 species, from 46,924 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Musselburgh – Levenhall Links in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Oystercatcher, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Curlew and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.