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
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantCommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 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