Common Birds in Shropshire
Our list for Shropshire has 83 common birds recorded regularly there: 60 residents, 13 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shropshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 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