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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cornwall in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 97, most common first
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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