Birds to See in Latvia in October
132 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
132 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Mallard, Common Raven and Blue Tit. New this month: Bohemian Waxwing, Long-tailed Duck, Common Redpoll and Redwing and 22 more.
New in October26
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Long-tailed Duck
- Common Redpoll
- Redwing
- Snow Bunting
- Eurasian Bittern
- Smew
- Serin
- Barnacle Goose
- Little Gull
- Tundra Swan
- Red-throated Loon
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Brent Goose
- Little Grebe
- Spotted Redshank
- Razorbill
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Horned Grebe
- Grey Partridge
- Purple Sandpiper
- Arctic Jaeger
- Long-eared Owl
- Merlin
- Short-eared Owl
- Boreal Owl
Leaving after last month29
- Blackcap
- Willow Warbler
- House Martin
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Common Tern
- Tree Pipit
- Sedge Warbler
- Whinchat
- Common Sandpiper
- Yellow Wagtail
- Greenshank
- Hobby
- European Honey-buzzard
- Ruff
- Common Shelduck
- Redshank
- Little Stint
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Garganey
- Red Knot
- Osprey
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Nightjar
- Temminck's Stint
- Canada Goose
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Bluethroat
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(43)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(27)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly May–Oct
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly May–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