Common Birds in Isle of Wight
Our list for Isle of Wight has 92 common birds recorded regularly there: 59 residents, 15 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Isle of Wight in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 92, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 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