Common Birds in Hertfordshire
Our list for Hertfordshire has 87 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 13 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Hertfordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 87, most common first
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 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