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
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 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