Birds to See in Denmark in October
185 bird species on our list for Denmark are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, European Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull and Great Tit. New this month: Whooper Swan, Redwing, Greater White-fronted Goose and Twite and 21 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Denmark’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 185 birds in October
185 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.24% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.23% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.99% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.81% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.61% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.54% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.48% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.35% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaResidentUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
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