Birds to See in Finland in October
158 bird species on our list for Finland are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Magpie and Jackdaw. New this month: Little Gull, Snow Bunting, Eurasian Bittern and Horned Lark and 5 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Barnacle GooseBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Great CormorantBusiest month of the year · All year
Bohemian WaxwingBusiest month of the year · May–Mar
Eurasian WigeonBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Eurasian WrenBusiest month of the year · All year
Great Grey ShrikeBusiest month of the year · Jun–Apr
From Finland’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 158 birds in October
158 birds
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 4.84% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Oct
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.50% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.20% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.19% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.09% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.02% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.89% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.71% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.69% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.66% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.61% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.52% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Oct- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.37% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorUncommon60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarceRare37–40 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% 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