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
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
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