Common Birds in South Yorkshire
Our list for South Yorkshire has 103 common birds recorded regularly there: 67 residents, 23 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 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