Common Birds in United Kingdom
Our list for United Kingdom has 89 common birds recorded regularly there: 71 residents, 13 summer visitors and 5 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 89, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
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