Common Birds in Dorset
Our list for Dorset has 102 common birds recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 16 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dorset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 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