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
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
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