Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in October
137 bird species on our list for Pembrokeshire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Jackdaw, Stonechat, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Chiffchaff. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Northern Shoveler and Common Loon and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Pembrokeshire’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 137 birds in October
137 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.74% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.74% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.55% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.51% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.49% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.35% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.31% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.28% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.22% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.74% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.70% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.70% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.69% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.61% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.54% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.52% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.40% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.37% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.33% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.28% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.24% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.19% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Oct
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.10% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% 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