Common Birds in West Sussex
Our list for West Sussex has 107 common birds recorded regularly there: 73 residents, 17 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Sussex in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 107, most common first
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 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