Birds to See in Wiltshire in October
106 bird species on our list for Wiltshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, European Robin, Blue Tit, Jackdaw and European Goldfinch. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Merganser and Brambling and 5 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Wiltshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 106 birds in October
106 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.95% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.96% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.98% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.45% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusResidentUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.05% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Black SwanCygnus atratusWinter visitorRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% 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