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
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly 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