Birds to See in Pembrokeshire in October
137 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October18
Leaving after last month28
- Sedge Warbler
- Whitethroat
- Common Swift
- Common Pheasant
- Wryneck
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Tree Pipit
- Dipper
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Greylag Goose
- Garden Warbler
- Sanderling
- Green Sandpiper
- Brent Goose
- Common Tern
- Dotterel
- Osprey
- Little Ringed Plover
- Red Knot
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Black Tern
- Leach's Storm-petrel
- Hobby
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Roseate Tern
- Grey Phalarope
- Yellow-browed Warbler
Residents
(53)Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct
Summer visitors
(30)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Passage migrants
(26)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Jul–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Regularly Jul–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Aug–Oct
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravisLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
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