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
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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