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
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 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