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
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul–May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
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