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
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 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