Birds to See in Poland in October
191 bird species on our list for Poland are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blue Tit, Mallard, Hooded Crow and Chaffinch. New this month: Bullfinch, Long-tailed Duck, Rough-legged Hawk and Redwing and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Poland’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 191 birds in October
191 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.09% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.15% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.94% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.84% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.80% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.78% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.72% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusResidentCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.46% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.43% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.18% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.10% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorRare23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% 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