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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Shropshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 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