Birds to See in Faroe Islands in October
83 bird species on our list for Faroe Islands are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, Hooded Crow, European Herring Gull, Rock Dove and Mallard. New this month: Iceland Gull, Bohemian Waxwing, Horned Grebe and Glaucous Gull and 18 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Faroe Islands’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 83 birds in October
83 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.25% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.25% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 5.04% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.81% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.24% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.97% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.60% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 1.51% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.44% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.23% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.19% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.11% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.74% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.71% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.66% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.64% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.62% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.56% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct · 0.52% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusSummer visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.32% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.23% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
CootFulica atraPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.10% in Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% 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