Common Birds in Staffordshire
Our list for Staffordshire has 93 common birds recorded regularly there: 62 residents, 18 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Staffordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 93, most common first
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 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