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
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 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