Birds to See in Rutland in October
124 bird species on our list for Rutland are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, Black-headed Gull, Mallard and Eurasian Wigeon. New this month: Goldeneye, Redwing, Common Merganser and Fieldfare and 15 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Rutland’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 124 birds in October
124 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.34% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.92% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.87% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.71% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.69% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.66% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.66% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.64% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.63% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.57% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.44% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.34% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.26% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.17% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% 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