Birds to See in Denbighshire in October
42 bird species on our list for Denbighshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, Magpie, European Robin, Blue Tit and Eurasian Wren. New this month: Rock Dove, Blackcap, Eurasian Siskin and Redwing and 2 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Denbighshire’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 42 birds in October
42 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.53% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.90% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.52% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.39% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.39% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.27% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.27% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.01% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.89% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.51% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.51% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% 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