Common Birds in Anglesey
Our list for Anglesey has 101 common birds recorded regularly there: 58 residents, 24 summer visitors and 19 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Anglesey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 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





