Wildlife Watching Calendar - Birds

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Scotland is an excellent place to see birds throughout the year. Our seabird colonies are at the best in summer, whilst our wetlands are alive with over-wintering geese and ducks in the winter.

• Birds of Prey
• Seabirds
• Inland Birds
• Wading & Ground-Nesting Birds

To find out more about these species, including where best to see them, click the links below.


Birds of Prey

	Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
Common buzzard	✔	✔	✔	✔
Golden eagle	✔	✔	✔	✔
Osprey		✔	✔	✔
Peregrine falcon	✔	✔	✔	✔
Red kite	✔	✔	✔	✔
White-tailed eagle	✔	✔	✔	✔

Seabirds

	Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
Gannet		✔	✔	✔
Great skua			✔	✔
Guillemot		✔	✔	✔
Puffin		✔	✔
Razorbill		✔	✔	✔
Shag	✔	✔	✔	✔

Inland Birds

	Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
Black grouse		✔	✔
Capercaillie			✔	✔
Chough	✔	✔	✔	✔
Crested tit	✔	✔	✔	✔
Ptarmigan	✔	✔	✔	✔
Red grouse	✔	✔	✔	✔
Scottish crossbill	✔	✔	✔	✔
Snow bunting	✔			✔

Wading & Ground Nesting Birds

	Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
Corncrake		✔	✔
Dotterel	✔	✔	✔	✔
Greylag goose	✔	✔	✔	✔
Oystercatcher	✔	✔	✔	✔
Pink-footed goose	✔			✔
Red-necked phalarope			✔
Red-throated diver		✔	✔

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