Common Birds in Bridgend
Our list for Bridgend has 105 common birds recorded regularly there: 48 residents, 13 summer visitors, 32 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Bridgend in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 105, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantCommon87–100 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
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