Common Birds in Cornwall
Our list for Cornwall has 97 common birds recorded regularly there: 57 residents, 14 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 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