Birds to See in Anglesey in October
112 bird species on our list for Anglesey are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Herring Gull, European Robin, Black-headed Gull and Jackdaw. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Water Rail and Long-tailed Duck and 10 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
From Anglesey’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 112 birds in October
112 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.94% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.87% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.21% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.84% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.77% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.58% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.52% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.41% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.33% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.31% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.28% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.13% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.11% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarceRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in 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