Common Birds in Somerset
Our list for Somerset has 94 common birds recorded regularly there: 66 residents, 13 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Somerset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 94, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 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