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
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 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