Common Birds in England
Our list for England has 90 common birds recorded regularly there: 70 residents, 14 summer visitors and 6 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in England in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 90, most common first
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 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