Common Birds in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 104 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 27 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all 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