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
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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