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 47–69 of 165 species

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year

Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
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Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year

Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May

Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep

Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year

Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
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