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
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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