Common Birds in Wales
Our list for Wales has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 63 residents, 22 summer visitors and 10 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Wales in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
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