Birds to See in South Yorkshire in October
123 bird species on our list for South Yorkshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Magpie, Carrion Crow and Mallard. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldeneye and Brambling and 3 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From South Yorkshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 123 birds in October
123 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.97% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.50% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.12% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.80% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.78% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.68% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.42% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.41% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.33% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.07% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
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