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
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 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