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
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 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