Common Birds in Bristol
Our list for Bristol has 58 common birds recorded regularly there: 42 residents, 6 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bristol in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 58, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
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