Birds to See in East Riding of Yorkshire in October
189 bird species on our list for East Riding of Yorkshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, European Goldfinch and European Herring Gull. New this month: Fieldfare, Goldeneye, Eurasian Woodcock and Whooper Swan and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From East Riding of Yorkshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 189 birds in October
189 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.61% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.29% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.26% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.74% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.73% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.69% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.65% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.60% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.57% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.30% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisSummer visitorCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentCommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.13% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantRare100–130 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
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