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
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 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