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
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 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