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
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 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