Birds to See in Russia in October
175 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
175 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Mallard, Rock Dove and Magpie. New this month: Common Redpoll, Bohemian Waxwing, Glaucous Gull and Velvet Scoter and 6 more.
New in October10
Leaving after last month65
- Barn Swallow
- Common Tern
- Whitethroat
- Cuckoo
- Blackcap
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Whinchat
- Garden Warbler
- Yellow Wagtail
- Tree Pipit
- Wood Sandpiper
- Sedge Warbler
- Common Sandpiper
- Red-backed Shrike
- Sand Martin
- House Martin
- Green Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Redshank
- European Honey-buzzard
- Little Ringed Plover
- Black Tern
- Curlew
- Osprey
- Wryneck
- Hoopoe
- White-winged Tern
- Corn Bunting
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Temminck's Stint
- Montagu's Harrier
- European Bee-eater
- Arctic Jaeger
- Little Bittern
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Spotted Redshank
- Little Tern
- Glossy Ibis
- Mandarin Duck
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Avocet
- Sandwich Tern
- Whimbrel
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Crag Martin
- Gull-billed Tern
- Woodlark
- Spotted Crake
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Booted Eagle
- European Turtle-dove
- Red Knot
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Alpine Swift
- Squacco Heron
- Chukar
- Greater Flamingo
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Egyptian Vulture
- Moustached Warbler
- Short-toed Lark
- Boreal Owl
- Black Swan
- Snow Goose
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(90)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly May–Nov
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(29)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Jun–Mar
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Jun–Oct
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Regularly Mar–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