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
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
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