Birds to See in Suffolk in October
178 bird species on our list for Suffolk are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Blue Tit and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Greater White-fronted Goose and Goldeneye and 19 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Suffolk’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 178 birds in October
178 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.54% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.50% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.46% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentUncommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.11% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentRare38–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisWinter visitorRare65–80 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusScarceRare16–17 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusSummer visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
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