Birds to See in West Yorkshire in October
123 bird species on our list for West Yorkshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull and European Robin. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Black-necked Grebe and Whooper Swan and 10 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From West Yorkshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 123 birds in October
123 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.23% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.96% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.95% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.52% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.51% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.40% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.34% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.21% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Red GrouseLagopus scoticaResidentUncommon37–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusScarceRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.02% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
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