Common Birds in Flintshire
Our list for Flintshire has 100 common birds recorded regularly there: 56 residents, 13 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Flintshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 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





