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
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 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