Birds to See in Norway in October
189 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Magpie, Blue Tit and European Herring Gull. New this month: Long-tailed Duck, Bohemian Waxwing, Atlantic Puffin and Little Auk and 10 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Norway’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 189 birds in October
189 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.51% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.50% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.80% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.71% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.69% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.68% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.61% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.51% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.51% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.45% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.41% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.07% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Oct
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in 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