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
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 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