Birds to See in Surrey in October
117 bird species on our list for Surrey are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit and Carrion Crow. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Redpoll and Goldeneye and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Surrey’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 117 birds in October
117 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.08% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.39% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.45% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.35% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentRare80–104 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentRare48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentRare53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 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