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
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Jun
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
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