Birds to See in Lithuania in October
153 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
153 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Mallard, Blue Tit and Common Starling. New this month: Common Redpoll, Rough-legged Hawk, Bohemian Waxwing and Long-tailed Duck and 13 more.
New in October17
Leaving after last month35
- Common Swift
- House Martin
- Cuckoo
- Whitethroat
- Lesser Whitethroat
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Wood Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Red-backed Shrike
- Yellow Wagtail
- Whinchat
- Garden Warbler
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Black Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Sand Martin
- Savi's Warbler
- Garganey
- Common Reed-warbler
- European Honey-buzzard
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Montagu's Harrier
- Little Ringed Plover
- Curlew Sandpiper
- European Turtle-dove
- Red Knot
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Temminck's Stint
- Nightjar
- Sandwich Tern
- Red-crested Pochard
- Lapland Longspur
- Mediterranean Gull
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(50)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Jan
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(32)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(28)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–May
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Oct–Nov
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–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