Common Birds in West Midlands
Our list for West Midlands has 73 common birds recorded regularly there: 53 residents, 10 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Midlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 73, most common first
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 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