Birds in Flintshire

141 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Flintshire has 141 bird species recorded regularly there: 68 residents, 13 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors, 36 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 21,000 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 Flintshire in September

82 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 82 birds in September

Arriving in September: Northern Shoveler, Red Knot, Grey Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Great Crested Grebe, Northern Pintail, Common Snipe, Ruff and 2 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Flintshire each month: most in May (87), fewest in March (54). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Goldcrest
GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm
to
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm
From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)42 families

All 141 birds on the list

Showing 70–92 of 141 species

Tufted Duck

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligulaLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly May–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Grebe

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollisLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly May–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Cuculus canorusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly May–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Garden Warbler

Garden Warbler

Sylvia borinLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great White Egret

Great White Egret

Ardea albaLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Aug–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose

Anser anserLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly May–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeataLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Sep–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensisLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Jul–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Rock Dove

Rock Dove

Columba liviaLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Mute Swan

Mute Swan

Cygnus olorLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Apr–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red Knot

Red Knot

Calidris canutusNT

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Sep–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticulaLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Jun–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
European Pied Flycatcher

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleucaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Tern

Little Tern

Sternula albifronsLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Jun–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Western Marsh-harrier

Western Marsh-harrier

Circus aeruginosusLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Jul–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Wagtail

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinereaLC

Summer visitorCommon

Regularly May–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wheatear

Wheatear

Oenanthe oenantheLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Apr–Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Fieldfare

Fieldfare

Turdus pilarisLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Nov–Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Plover

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarolaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red Crossbill

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostraLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly May–Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Treecreeper

Treecreeper

Certhia familiarisLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Apr–Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gadwall

Gadwall

Mareca streperaLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly May–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Stock Dove

Stock Dove

Columba oenasLC

ResidentCommon

Regularly Feb–Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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