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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 111, most common first
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
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