Common Birds in Gwynedd
Our list for Gwynedd has 103 common birds recorded regularly there: 55 residents, 23 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Gwynedd in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 103, most common first
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 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