Common Birds in Stockton-on-Tees
Our list for Stockton-on-Tees has 91 common birds recorded regularly there: 54 residents, 18 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Stockton-on-Tees in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 91, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–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