Birds to See in Latvia in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Latvia’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 132 birds in October
132 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 5.28% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.93% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Oct
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.31% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.26% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.81% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.80% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.74% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.66% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.61% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.52% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.46% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.35% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.26% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.22% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.18% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon36–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon31–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% 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