Birds to See in Sweden in October
203 bird species on our list for Sweden are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Jackdaw and Magpie. New this month: Bohemian Waxwing, Arctic Tern, Twite and Snow Bunting and 15 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Sweden’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 203 birds in October
203 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.61% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.00% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.97% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.75% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.66% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.61% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.54% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantCommon55–66 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.54% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.52% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.47% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.42% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaResidentUncommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.27% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.23% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Oct
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.11% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusResidentRare60–87 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantRare50–58 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantRare25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantRare52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorRare53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniScarceRare27–33 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 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