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
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 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