This is a list of the birds commonly seen on Montrose Basin indicating each species' status (Summer, Winter, Passage or Resident).
English Name | Type of Visitor | English Name | Type of Visitor | |
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Red-throated diver | Winter | Turnstone | Winter | |
Little grebe | Winter | Black headed gull | Resident | |
Great crested grebe | Resident | Common gull | Resident | |
Cormorant | Resident | Lesser black-backed gull | Resident | |
Grey heron | Resident | Herring gull | Resident | |
Mute swan | Resident | Greater black-backed gull | Resident | |
Whooper swan | Winter | Sandwich tern | Summer | |
Pink footed goose | Winter | Common tern | Summer | |
Greylag goose | Resident | Arctic tern | Summer | |
Barnacle goose | Winter | Little tern | Summer | |
Brent goose | Winter | Guillimot | Summer | |
Shelduck | Resident | Stock dove | Resident | |
Wigeon | Winter | Woodpigeon | Resident | |
Teal | Resident | Collared dove | Resident | |
Mallard | Resident | Swift | Summer | |
Pintail | Resident | Kingfisher | Resident | |
Shoveler | Resident | Skylark | Resident | |
Pochard | Resident | Sand martin | Summer | |
Tufted duck | Resident | Swallow | Summer | |
Scaup | Winter | House martin | Summer | |
Eider | Resident | Meadow pipit | Resident | |
Goldeneye | Winter | Grey wagtail | Resident | |
Red breasted merganser | Resident | Pied wagtail | Resident | |
Goosander | Resident | Wren | Resident | |
Marsh harrier | Passage | Dunnock | Resident | |
Hen harrier | Resident | Robin | Resident | |
Sparrowhawk | Resident | Whinchat | Summer | |
Buzzard | Resident | Stonechat | Resident | |
Osprey | Summer | Wheatear | Passage | |
Kestrel | Resident | Blackbird | Resident | |
Grey partridge | Resident | Fieldfare | Winter | |
Pheasant | Resident | Song thrush | Resident | |
Water rail | Resident | Redwing | Winter | |
Moorhen | Resident | Mistle thrush | Resident | |
Coot | Resident | Sedge warbler | Summer | |
Oystercatcher | Resident | Whitethroat | Summer | |
Ringed Plover | Resident | Willow warbler | Summer | |
Golden Plover | Winter | Goldcrest | Resident | |
Grey Plover | Winter | Coal tit | Resident | |
Lapwing | Resident | Blue tit | Resident | |
Knot | Winter | Great tit | Resident | |
Dunlin | Resident | Jackdaw | Resident | |
Ruff | Passage | Rook | Resident | |
Jack Snipe | Winter | Carrion crow | Resident | |
Snipe | Resident | Starling | Resident | |
Woodcock | Resident | House sparrow | Resident | |
Black-tailed godwit | Passage | Tree sparrow | Resident | |
Bar-tailed godwit | Winter | Chaffinch | Resident | |
Whimbrel | Passage | Brambling | Winter | |
Curlew | Resident | Greenfinch | Resident | |
Redshank | Resident | Goldfinch | Resident | |
Greenshank | Summer | Yellowhammer | Resident | |
Common sandpiper | Summer | Reed bunting | Resident |