Birds to See in Ukraine in October
148 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
148 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Magpie, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Bullfinch, Rough-legged Hawk, Brambling and Common Merganser and 16 more.
New in October20
Leaving after last month56
- Red-backed Shrike
- Cuckoo
- Blackcap
- House Martin
- European Bee-eater
- Golden Oriole
- Whitethroat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Yellow Wagtail
- Hoopoe
- Sand Martin
- Common Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Sedge Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Wood Warbler
- European Turtle-dove
- Little Bittern
- Common Sandpiper
- Little Egret
- Wheatear
- Common Quail
- Garden Warbler
- Common Reed-warbler
- European Honey-buzzard
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Redshank
- Montagu's Harrier
- Little Ringed Plover
- Nightingale
- Little Stint
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- White-winged Tern
- Little Gull
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Avocet
- Sanderling
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Spotted Crake
- Nightjar
- Kentish Plover
- Temminck's Stint
- Squacco Heron
- Arctic Jaeger
- Booted Eagle
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Water Pipit
- Alpine Swift
- Ring Ouzel
- Red Knot
Residents
(56)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(37)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(40)Present outside the breeding season
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Sep–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Aug–Nov
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Oct–Jan
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
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