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
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 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