Birds to See in Kent in October
191 bird species on our list for Kent are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon and European Herring Gull. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Red-breasted Merganser and Goldeneye and 21 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Kent’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 191 birds in October
191 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.10% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.72% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.60% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.58% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.54% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.49% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.36% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.27% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% in Oct
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