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
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 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