Common Birds in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 111 common birds recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 34 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 111, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made