Common Birds in Finland
Our list for Finland has 109 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 65 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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