Birds to See in Russia in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Russia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 175 birds in October
175 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 6.13% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.56% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.10% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.93% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.92% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.64% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.59% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.55% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.55% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.46% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusSummer visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentUncommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantRare39–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus gryllePassage migrantUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–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