Common Birds in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 121 common birds recorded regularly there: 66 residents, 32 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 121, most common first
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 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





