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
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorCommon41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorCommon37–43 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
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