Common Birds in Essex
Our list for Essex has 100 common birds recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 16 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Essex in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 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