Birds to See in West Midlands in October
91 bird species on our list for West Midlands are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, European Robin, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit. New this month: Redwing, Common Gull, Barnacle Goose and Fieldfare and 5 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From West Midlands’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 91 birds in October
91 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.56% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.40% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.21% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.75% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.75% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.54% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.46% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.44% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.33% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesScarceRare17–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% 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