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
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly May–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Feb
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 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