Birds to See in Luxembourg in October
79 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
79 bird species on our list for Luxembourg are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, European Robin and Blackbird. New this month: Common Crane, Eurasian Siskin, Redwing and Mistle Thrush and 7 more.
New in October11
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(18)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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