Birds to See in Finland in October
158 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October9
Leaving after last month35
- Willow Warbler
- Barn Swallow
- Yellow Wagtail
- Wood Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Tree Pipit
- Sedge Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- House Martin
- Hobby
- Green Sandpiper
- Osprey
- Spotted Redshank
- Whinchat
- Red-backed Shrike
- Little Ringed Plover
- Sand Martin
- Temminck's Stint
- European Honey-buzzard
- Common Reed-warbler
- Little Stint
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Garganey
- Common Shelduck
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Nightjar
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Spotted Crake
- Dotterel
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Bar-headed Goose
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Montagu's Harrier
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Recorded all year
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(78)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly May–Oct
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(34)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Jul–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Oct–Nov
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly May–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