Birds to See in Gwynedd in October
110 bird species on our list for Gwynedd are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, European Robin, Jackdaw and Blackbird. New this month: Redwing, Goldeneye, Fieldfare and Red-throated Loon and 5 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Gwynedd’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 110 birds in October
110 birds
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.56% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.33% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.03% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.84% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.75% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.51% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorCommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.51% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.45% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.44% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.44% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.42% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.42% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.40% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.38% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraSummer visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.37% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.33% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.28% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.14% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.09% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
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