Birds to See in Hertfordshire in October
116 bird species on our list for Hertfordshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Magpie, Blue Tit and Carrion Crow. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldeneye and Common Redpoll and 11 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Hertfordshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 116 birds in October
116 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.78% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.02% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.74% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.68% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.28% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorRare37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Oct
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