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
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
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