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
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–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