Birds Found in and around Montrose in Angus

There are over 237 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Montrose. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Montrose


(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Northern Eider (Somateria mollissima subsp. borealis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Coal Tit (Periparus ater subsp. ater)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Southern Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)