Common Birds in Cardiff
Our list for Cardiff has 64 common birds recorded regularly there: 47 residents, 9 summer visitors and 8 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cardiff in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–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