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
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–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