Birds in Conwy
165 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Conwy has 165 bird species recorded regularly there: 72 residents, 24 summer visitors, 26 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 14 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 57,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Conwy in September
108 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

European Herring Gull
Resident

Carrion Crow
Resident

European Robin
Resident

Black-headed Gull
Resident

Eurasian Oystercatcher
Resident

Grey Heron
Resident

Woodpigeon
Resident

Little Egret
Resident
Arriving in September: Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Loon, Common Shelduck, Pochard, Eider, Common Pheasant, Razorbill, Cetti's Warbler and 9 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Conwy each month: most in April (122), fewest in November (95). Choose a month to see its birds.
All 165 birds on the list
Showing 24–46 of 165 species

Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year

Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–May

House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
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Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year

Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Sep–May

Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
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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