Birds to See in Estonia in October
134 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
134 bird species on our list for Estonia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Mallard, European Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Bullfinch, Razorbill, Black Guillemot and Snow Bunting and 7 more.
New in October11
Leaving after last month37
- Common Tern
- Willow Warbler
- House Martin
- Blackcap
- Sedge Warbler
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Redshank
- Yellow Wagtail
- Wood Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Shelduck
- Tree Pipit
- Curlew
- Sandwich Tern
- Common Sandpiper
- Red-backed Shrike
- Whinchat
- Common Reed-warbler
- Hobby
- Sand Martin
- Spotted Redshank
- Curlew Sandpiper
- European Honey-buzzard
- Little Ringed Plover
- Montagu's Harrier
- Red Knot
- Osprey
- Little Stint
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Arctic Jaeger
- Horned Grebe
- Firecrest
- Moorhen
- Nightjar
- Water Rail
- Little Grebe
- Bluethroat
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(58)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(24)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Oct
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
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