Birds to See in Estonia in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Estonia’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 134 birds in October
134 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Oct
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 3.05% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.91% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.84% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.13% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.13% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.13% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.06% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.05% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.95% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.94% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.91% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.88% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.84% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.79% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.79% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.73% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.69% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.69% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.65% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.61% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.59% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.52% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.49% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.47% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.36% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% 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