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 · Oct
Share 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
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 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