Birds arriving in the UK in October

Which migrating birds arrive in and leave the UK in October, from UK sightings in openly licensed GBIF records (dates are a guide, not a survey).

Arriving in October (6)

• Redwing (winter visitor, early October)
• Fieldfare (winter visitor, mid October)
• Common loon (winter visitor, mid October)
• Bohemian waxwing (winter visitor, late October)
• Common goldeneye (winter visitor, late October)
• Greater white-fronted goose (winter visitor, late October)

Leaving in October (13)

• Osprey (summer visitor, early October)
• Arctic tern (summer visitor, early October)
• Tree pipit (summer visitor, early October)
• Eurasian hobby (summer visitor, early October)
• Manx shearwater (summer visitor, early October)
• Barn swallow (summer visitor, mid October)
• Common house martin (summer visitor, mid October)
• Spotted flycatcher (summer visitor, mid October)
• Whinchat (summer visitor, mid October)
• Sandwich tern (summer visitor, mid October)
• European pied flycatcher (summer visitor, mid October)
• Common redstart (summer visitor, mid October)
• Northern wheatear (summer visitor, mid October)

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See UK summer visitors and UK winter visitors.