Common Birds in West Yorkshire
Our list for West Yorkshire has 85 common birds recorded regularly there: 61 residents, 16 summer visitors and 8 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in West Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 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