Common Birds in Suffolk
Our list for Suffolk has 105 common birds recorded regularly there: 70 residents, 22 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Suffolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 105, most common first
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 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