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
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
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