Common Birds in Surrey
Our list for Surrey has 77 common birds recorded regularly there: 57 residents, 10 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Surrey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 77, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 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