Birds to See in Poland in October
191 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October18
Leaving after last month42
- Common Swift
- House Martin
- Whitethroat
- Willow Warbler
- Red-backed Shrike
- Common Sandpiper
- Sedge Warbler
- Yellow Wagtail
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Reed-warbler
- Wood Sandpiper
- Sand Martin
- Garganey
- Common Redstart
- Little Ringed Plover
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Redshank
- Whinchat
- Black Tern
- Garden Warbler
- Montagu's Harrier
- Hoopoe
- Bluethroat
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Little Tern
- Wryneck
- White-winged Tern
- Common Quail
- Little Bittern
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Honey-buzzard
- Whimbrel
- Temminck's Stint
- European Bee-eater
- European Turtle-dove
- Nightjar
- Purple Heron
- Dotterel
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Bar-headed Goose
- Golden Eagle
Residents
(73)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(49)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(48)Present outside the breeding season
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Passage migrants
(21)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Nov
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusLC
Regularly Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Jul–Oct
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Jun–Dec
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Oct–Jan
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly May–Nov
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Regularly Jul–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