Common Birds in Kent
Our list for Kent has 103 common birds recorded regularly there: 70 residents, 18 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kent in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 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