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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in South Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
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