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
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
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