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
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
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