Common Birds in Herefordshire
Our list for Herefordshire has 84 common birds recorded regularly there: 46 residents, 22 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Herefordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 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