Common Birds in Monmouthshire
Our list for Monmouthshire has 84 common birds recorded regularly there: 49 residents, 24 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Monmouthshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 84, most common first
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorCommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon29–37 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 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