Birds to See in Ceredigion in October
105 bird species on our list for Ceredigion are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Carrion Crow, European Robin, European Herring Gull, Jackdaw and Blue Tit. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Cetti's Warbler and Golden Plover and 3 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Ceredigion’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 105 birds in October
105 birds
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.13% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.93% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.83% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.75% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.75% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.70% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.63% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.58% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.53% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.53% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.50% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisSummer visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.48% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.45% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.45% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.43% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.30% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.23% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.23% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% 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