Birds to See in Faroe Islands in October
83 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October22
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(20)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(24)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Oct
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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