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
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
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